diff --git a/src/Mod/.gitattributes b/src/Mod/.gitattributes
index c04a39b722..4e79bf7517 100644
--- a/src/Mod/.gitattributes
+++ b/src/Mod/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,124 @@
 JtReader    export-ignore
+
+
+# ****************************************************************************
+# line endings
+
+# to surpress line ending changes in github, add ?w=1 at link end of a diff
+
+# for more information see forum topic and a specific pull request
+# https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=41117
+# https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/2752
+
+
+# get all used file types
+# in a directory in a bash use
+# find . -type f -name '*.*' | sed 's|.*\.||' | sort -u
+
+
+# normalize the line endings of the following files
+
+# standard files
+*.bat text
+*.cpp text
+*.csv text
+*.dox text
+*.h text
+*.json text
+*.md text
+*.py text
+*.qrc text
+*.sh text
+*.ts text
+*.txt text
+*.ui text
+*.xml text
+*.yml text
+
+# Fem specific files
+*.dat text
+*.frd text
+*.geo text
+*.inp text
+*.sif text
+*.unv text
+*.vtk text
+*.z88 text
+
+
+# line endings of the modules commented will be normalized
+
+# AddonManager/** -text
+# Arch/** -text
+# Draft/** -text
+# Fem/** -text
+# Material/** -text
+
+
+# line endings of the modules NOT commented will NOT be normalized
+# Be carefully changes here could affect a lot of files automatically!
+
+# Complete, Idf, OpenSCAD, Show, Tux makes sense to normalize
+
+Assembly/** -text
+Cam/** -text
+Cloud/** -text
+Complete/** -text
+Drawing/** -text
+Idf/** -text
+Image/** -text
+Import/** -text
+Inspection/** -text
+JtReader/** -text
+Measure/** -text
+Mesh/** -text
+MeshPart/** -text
+OpenSCAD/** -text
+Part/** -text
+PartDesign/** -text
+Path/** -text
+Plot/** -text
+Points/** -text
+Raytracing/** -text
+ReverseEngineering/** -text
+Robot/** -text
+Sandbox/** -text
+Ship/** -text
+Show/** -text
+Sketcher/** -text
+Spreadsheet/** -text
+Start/** -text
+Surface/** -text
+TechDraw/** -text
+TemplatePyMod/** -text
+Test/** -text
+Tux/** -text
+Web/** -text
+
+
+# this would let git manage the file endings automatically
+# to be save this will be commented
+# * text=auto
+# if used it is very important to set the file types
+# which should not be normalized manually (like svg, jpg, etc)
+# they should be set to binary
+
+# These files should be ignored as it pertains to line-endings
+# because they are binary or should be treated as binary
+# Since auto normalize is deactivated all these could be commented too.
+# needed if * text=auto is used
+# *.FCStd binary
+# *.jpg binary
+# *.png binary
+# *.pyc binary
+# *.qm binary
+# *.svg binary
+
+
+# These files will always be checked out with CRLF, i.e. windows-style line endings. This
+# really should not be needed...
+# *.SomeWindowsFileExtensionThatReallyRequiresCRLFEvenInLinux eol=crlf
+
+
+# use git to manually correct the file endings
+# git add --renormalize .
diff --git a/src/Mod/AddonManager/.gitattributes b/src/Mod/AddonManager/.gitattributes
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d74c92005..0000000000
--- a/src/Mod/AddonManager/.gitattributes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# for more information see forum topic and pull request
-# https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/2752
-# https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=41117
-
-
-# get all used file types
-# in a directory in a bash use
-# find . -type f -name '*.*' | sed 's|.*\.||' | sort -u
-# add all of them either to text or binary
-
-
-# Explicitly declare which files we wish to always normalize line-endings on
-# standard endings
-*.csv text
-*.dox text
-*.py text
-*.qrc text
-*.sh text
-*.ts text
-*.txt text
-*.ui text
-*.yml text
-
-
-# use git to manually correct the file endings
-# git add --renormalize .
diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/.gitattributes b/src/Mod/Arch/.gitattributes
deleted file mode 100644
index fff4c50e15..0000000000
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/.gitattributes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# for more information see forum topic and pull request
-# https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/2752
-# https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=41117
-
-
-# get all used file types
-# in a directory in a bash use
-# find . -type f -name '*.*' | sed 's|.*\.||' | sort -u
-# add all of them either to text or binary
-
-
-# Explicitly declare which files we wish to always normalize line-endings on
-# standard endings
-*.cpp text
-*.csv text
-*.dox text
-*.json text
-*.h text
-*.py text
-*.qrc text
-*.sh text
-*.ts text
-*.txt text
-*.ui text
-*.yml text
-
-
-# use git to manually correct the file endings
-# git add --renormalize .
diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/.gitattributes b/src/Mod/Draft/.gitattributes
deleted file mode 100644
index ef026b6107..0000000000
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/.gitattributes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# for more information see forum topic and pull request
-# https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/2752
-# https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=41117
-
-
-# get all used file types
-# in a directory in a bash use
-# find . -type f -name '*.*' | sed 's|.*\.||' | sort -u
-# add all of them either to text or binary
-
-
-# Explicitly declare which files we wish to always normalize line-endings on
-# standard endings
-*.cpp text
-*.csv text
-*.dox text
-*.h text
-*.py text
-*.qrc text
-*.sh text
-*.ts text
-*.txt text
-*.ui text
-*.yml text
-
-
-# use git to manually correct the file endings
-# git add --renormalize .
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/.gitattributes b/src/Mod/Fem/.gitattributes
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ecfd3db6a..0000000000
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/.gitattributes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# In case people don't have core.autocrlf set, this will manage the default line-ending
-# behaviour for all files recursively
-# * text=auto
-# to be save this will be commented
-
-
-# for more information see forum topic and pull request
-# https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/2752
-# https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=41117
-
-
-# get all used file types
-# in a directory in a bash use
-# find . -type f -name '*.*' | sed 's|.*\.||' | sort -u
-# add all of them either to text or binary
-
-
-# Explicitly declare which files we wish to always normalize line-endings on
-
-# standard endings
-*.bat text
-*.cpp text
-*.csv text
-*.h text
-*.md text
-*.py text
-*.qrc text
-*.ts text
-*.txt text
-*.ui text
-*.xml text
-*.yml text
-
-# Fem specific endings
-*.dat text
-*.frd text
-*.geo text
-*.inp text
-*.sif text
-*.unv text
-*.vtk text
-*.z88 text
-
-
-# These files will always be checked out with CRLF, i.e. windows-style line endings. This
-# really should not be needed...
-# *.SomeWindowsFileExtensionThatReallyRequiresCRLFEvenInLinux eol=crlf
-
-
-# These files should be ignored as it pertains to line-endings, because they are binary.
-# Since auto normalize is deactivated all these could be commented too.
-# *.dox binary
-# *.FCStd binary
-# *.jpg binary
-# *.png binary
-# *.pyc binary
-# *.qm binary
-# *.svg binary
-
-
-# use git to manually correct the file endings
-# git add --renormalize .
diff --git a/src/Mod/mod.dox b/src/Mod/mod.dox
index cb73c3d003..6fbe3cede1 100644
--- a/src/Mod/mod.dox
+++ b/src/Mod/mod.dox
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
-/** \addtogroup WORKBENCHES
-    Most of FreeCAD's functionality is defined in dedicated Workbenches
-
-    Those plugins, also called \b modules or \b workbenches, provide
-    functionality for specialized facets of FreeCAD. The word \b module
-    refers to any new group of tools, while \b workbench designates
-    specifically a GUI group of tools in the FreeCAD interface. All
-    workbenches are defined in modules, but not all modules contain a
-    workbench. Practically, though, all the main modules define a
-    workbench with the same name, so the terms are almost interchangeable.
-    
-    Some of these modules are programmed in C++, others in Python, and some
-    in a mix of C++ and Python.
-
- */
- 
- /** \defgroup CWORKBENCHES C++ workbenches
- * \ingroup WORKBENCHES
- * \brief These workbenches are programmed primarily in C++, but most provide a Python API as well.
-*/
-
- /** \defgroup PYTHONWORKBENCHES Python workbenches
- * \ingroup WORKBENCHES
- * \brief Those are workbenches programmed primarily in Python
-*/
-
- /** \defgroup UTILITIES Utility modules
- * \ingroup WORKBENCHES
- * \brief Modules that provide utility tools to FreeCAD but don't define a workbench
-*/
+/** \addtogroup WORKBENCHES
+    Most of FreeCAD's functionality is defined in dedicated Workbenches
+
+    Those plugins, also called \b modules or \b workbenches, provide
+    functionality for specialized facets of FreeCAD. The word \b module
+    refers to any new group of tools, while \b workbench designates
+    specifically a GUI group of tools in the FreeCAD interface. All
+    workbenches are defined in modules, but not all modules contain a
+    workbench. Practically, though, all the main modules define a
+    workbench with the same name, so the terms are almost interchangeable.
+    
+    Some of these modules are programmed in C++, others in Python, and some
+    in a mix of C++ and Python.
+
+ */
+ 
+ /** \defgroup CWORKBENCHES C++ workbenches
+ * \ingroup WORKBENCHES
+ * \brief These workbenches are programmed primarily in C++, but most provide a Python API as well.
+*/
+
+ /** \defgroup PYTHONWORKBENCHES Python workbenches
+ * \ingroup WORKBENCHES
+ * \brief Those are workbenches programmed primarily in Python
+*/
+
+ /** \defgroup UTILITIES Utility modules
+ * \ingroup WORKBENCHES
+ * \brief Modules that provide utility tools to FreeCAD but don't define a workbench
+*/