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+ChangeLog ident
+README ident
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 # ChangeLog for genkernel
 # Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation; 2008-2009 Various authors (see AUTHORS)
 # Distributed under the GPL v2
+# $Id$
+
+  25 Jul 2009; Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@wolf31o2.org> +.gitattributes:
+  Adding .gitattributes file.
 
   19 Jul 2009; Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org> defaults/initrd.scripts:
   Change command used to determine real filename for REAL_RESUME for Gentoo