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+# Disable Git line ending conversion, to prevent packwiz index hashes changing when committing from Windows
+* -text
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+*.zip
+*.mrpack
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+# exclude exported curseforge/modrinth packs
+*.zip
+*.mrpack
+
+/README.md
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+## This is a README!! It has nothing yet :(
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