diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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--- a/.gitattributes
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 * text git-encoding=utf-8 zos-working-tree-encoding=iso8859-1 working-tree-encoding=utf-8 eol=lf
 *.png binary
+README.md git-encoding=utf-8 zos-working-tree-encoding=utf-8 working-tree-encoding=utf-8 eol=lf