Ignore commits for tree wide changes

.git-blame-ignore-revs

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+# Fix spelling issues with codespell check
+bab81e5e44a13275b93a3e08ace2c2b7a00bef33
+
+# Reformat python code style with black
+17e5903670801ec8a38ecb2808e43d28706a10b0
+
+# Fix trailing white space and end of file
+2678cb00d4cb5426c4e5b714338065d9d3323f7b

.gitconfig

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+[blame]
+	ignoreRevsFile = .git-blame-ignore-revs

HACKING.md

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 - see also
   <http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/>
 
+## Set up Git environment
+
+Run the following command to include the upower Git configurations.
+
+```bash
+cd contrib
+./setup
+```
+
 ## Committing code
 
 - Commit messages should be of the form (the five lines between the
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 ## Testing
 
-Under Linux, with the umockdev package installed, you can run `ninja test`
+Under Linux, with the umockdev package installed, you can run  
+
+```console
+ninja test
+```
+
 in the root build directory to run an automated test suite.

contrib/setup

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+#!/usr/bin/env -S bash -e
+#set up local repository
+
+setup_git()
+{
+    echo "Configuring git environment"
+    git config include.path ../.gitconfig
+}
+
+setup_git