chore: add .gitattributes + deps

Author: nicolaasuni

.gitattributes

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+# Normalize text sources to LF in the repository and on checkout everywhere.
+# Critical for a byte-level library: keeps source and fixtures byte-identical
+# across Windows/macOS/Linux checkouts regardless of core.autocrlf.
+*.php      text eol=lf
+*.md       text eol=lf
+*.xml      text eol=lf
+*.xml.dist text eol=lf
+*.json     text eol=lf
+*.toml     text eol=lf
+*.yml      text eol=lf
+*.yaml     text eol=lf
+*.txt      text eol=lf
+Makefile   text eol=lf
+
+# Byte-exact fixtures must never be transformed (CRLF/auto-detection off).
+test/**/*.bin -text
+*.png binary
+*.jpg binary
+*.gif binary
+*.pdf binary
+*.ttf binary
+*.otf binary

VERSION

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-2.4.0
+2.5.0