Set conventions for spacing and indentation

Author: mrinalwadhwa

.editorconfig

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+# This .editorconfig file specifies conventions for character set, spacing,
+# indentation etc. followed by the source code in this project.
+#
+# When contributing code, please use an editor that supports .editorconfig
+# https://editorconfig.org
+
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+
+# Make requires tab for indentation.
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab

.gitattributes

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+# This file tells Git to only store LF in git.
+#
+# On Windows, Git will process all text files and
+# make sure that CRLF is replaced with LF when writing that file to
+# the object database and turn all LF back into CRLF when writing out
+# into the working directory.
+#
+# git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes#_end_of_line_conversion
+* text=auto