added git meta files, updated readme

.gitattributes

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+* text=auto
+
+*.c diff=c
+*.cpp diff=cpp
+*.h diff=h
+*.hpp diff=hpp
+
+CHANGELOG.md export-ignore

.gitignore

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+### Project Specific
+# Files
+*.d
+*.slo
+*.lo
+*.o
+*.ko
+*.obj
+*.elf
+*.ilk
+*.map
+*.exp
+*.gch
+*.pch
+*.so
+*.so.*
+*.dylib
+*.dll
+*.mod
+*.smod
+*.lai
+*.la
+*.a
+*.lib
+*.exe
+*.out
+*.app
+*.i*86
+*.x86_64
+*.hex
+*.su
+*.idb
+*.pdb
+*.mod*
+*.cmd
+modules.order
+Module.symvers
+Mkfile.old
+dkms.conf
+
+# Directories
+.dSYM/
+.tmp_versions/
+
+### Editor Specific
+# Files
+/*.sublime-project
+/*.sublime-workspace
+
+# Directories
+/.idea
+/.vscode
+
+### System Specific
+# Files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Directories
+__MACOSX

README.md

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-# cpp-messenger-server
+# Ratatoskr - C Messenger Server
 
-An exercise in C++ to make a messenger server akin to MSN/Yahoo/AOL Messenger.
+An exercise in C/C++ to make a messenger server akin to MSN/Yahoo/AOL Messenger.
+
+### Ratatoskr
+
+A simple messenger in the form of a squirrel that travels between the eagle atop Yggdrassil and the dragon Nidhoggr at the roots of Yggdrassil.