}}/_version.py is not a valid attribute name: {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitattributes:1

[mxochicale]

I am getting the following message after cloning repository:

$ git clone git@github.com:SciKit-Surgery/PythonTemplate.git
Cloning into 'PythonTemplate'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1356, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (197/197), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (74/74), done.
remote: Total 1356 (delta 101), reused 186 (delta 97), pack-reused 1159
Receiving objects: 100% (1356/1356), 220.30 KiB | 436.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (835/835), done.
}}/_version.py is not a valid attribute name: {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitattributes:1

[mxochicale]

CAUSE Each line in gitattributes file is … a pattern followed by an attributes list, separated by whitespaces.
https://stegriff.co.uk/upblog/gitattributes-error-is-not-a-valid-attribute-name/#:~:text=You're%20setting%20an%20attribute,Just%20remove%20the%20spaces!

just saw this https://github.com/NREL/PVDegradationTools/blob/main/.gitattributes

[mxochicale]

🎉

 git clone git@github.com:SciKit-Surgery/PythonTemplate.git
Cloning into 'PythonTemplate'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1361, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (202/202), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (78/78), done.
remote: Total 1361 (delta 103), reused 189 (delta 98), pack-reused 1159
Receiving objects: 100% (1361/1361), 221.27 KiB | 1.19 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (837/837), done.