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-poco
-====
+POCO C++ Libraries
+==================
 
 When contributing to POCO, please adhere to our coding styleguide:
 http://www.appinf.com/download/CppCodingStyleGuide.pdf
 
 We use the branching model described in this article:
 http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
+
+All text file line endings in the repository must be Unix-style (LF).
+This includes Visual Studio project and solution files (.sln, .vcproj, .vcxproj, .vcxproj.filters).