For multi platform projects, line endings in text files (CR vs. CRLF) are always an issue.
A .gitattributes file helps handling these line endings on a per repository basis.
I want to create a minimal .gitattributes file, if so specified in config.ini.
Further reading:
https://help.github.com/articles/dealing-with-line-endings/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/170961/whats-the-best-crlf-carriage-return-line-feed-handling-strategy-with-git