binary files should not be modified. Git was warning that it might try to convert the line-endings of these binary files. So we are expicitly telling github that these formats are binary formats and don't have crlf or lf line-endings (#453)

Author: adnanhashmi09

.gitattributes

@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
 # Treat all text files without a CR (as we have Docker)
 * text eol=lf
+
+# Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified.
+*.png binary
+*.jpg binary
+*.jpeg binary
+*.gif binary
+*.ico binary
+*.gz binary
+*.zip binary
+*.ttf binary