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+# Ignore whitespace errors inside these patch files by regarding them as binary.
+0001-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch binary
+0002-Add-config.h.patch binary
+0003-Remove-two-example-programs-in-root.patch binary
+0004-Eliminate-some-compiler-warnings-and-errors.patch binary
+0005-fix-old-style-function-declarations.patch binary
diff --git a/pkg/micro-ecc/.gitattributes b/pkg/micro-ecc/.gitattributes
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+# Ignore whitespace errors inside these patch files by regarding them as binary.
+0001-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch binary
+0002-Include-RIOT-Hardware-RNG-interface.patch binary
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+# Ignore whitespace errors inside these patch files by regarding them as binary.
+0001-Remove-unneeded-.c-files.patch binary
+0002-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch binary
+0003-change-flag-from-DEBUG-to-MICROCOAP_DEBUG.patch binary
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/.gitattributes b/pkg/oonf_api/.gitattributes
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+# Ignore whitespace errors inside these patch files by regarding them as binary.
+0001-add-RIOT-support.patch binary
+0002-port-tests-to-riot.patch binary
+0003-port-example-to-riot.patch binary
+0004-fix-conflicting-types.patch binary
diff --git a/pkg/openwsn/.gitattributes b/pkg/openwsn/.gitattributes
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+# Ignore whitespace errors inside these patch files by regarding them as binary.
+0001-Add-RIOT-Makefiles.patch binary
+0002-Add-RIOT-adaption.patch binary
+0003-Fix-old-style-definitions.patch binary
+0004-provide-openserial-dummies.patch binary
+0005-fixes-to-RIOT-adaption.patch binary
diff --git a/pkg/tlsf/.gitattributes b/pkg/tlsf/.gitattributes
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+# Ignore whitespace errors inside these patch files by regarding them as binary.
+patch.txt binary