merged origin/master into sqlLibRefactor

.gitattributes

+### Set the default behavior for text files (lineendings will be converted by git) 
+* text=auto 
+
+### Declare files that will always have CRLF line endings on checkout (Example: windows bat file) 
+*.bat        text eol=crlf 
+
+### Declare files that will always have LF line endings on checkout. (Example: linux .sh script) 
+*.sh        text eol=lf 
+
+### Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified. 
+*.png        binary 
+*.jpg        binary 
+*.jasper        binary 
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