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    # Git attributes for .docx diffing

    ## docx2txt

    Download and install the docx2txt converter from http://docx2txt.sourceforge.net/

    wget -O doc2txt.tar.gz http://docx2txt.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/docx2txt/?view=tar
    tar zxf docx2txt.tar.gz
    cd docx2txt/docx2txt/
    sudo make

    (simply follow the INSTALL instructions for your platform)

    Then make a small wrapper script to make docx2txt output to STDOUT

    echo '#!/bin/bash
    docx2txt.pl "$1" -' > /usr/local/bin/docx2txt
    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docx2txt

    ## tell git about docx2txt

    echo "*.docx diff=wordx" >> .gitattributes
    git config diff.wordx.textconv docx2txt

    Use `.git/info/attributes` if the setting should not be committed with the project.

    # Git attributes for (Word) .doc diffing

    echo "*.docx diff=word" >> .gitattributes
    git config diff.word.textconv strings