diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 4620004..a5f1340 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
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 eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu.base.tests/.project -text
+eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu.base.tests/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs -text
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@@ -62,13 +63,16 @@
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diff --git a/eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu.base.tests/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu.base.tests/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a419c5
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#Fri Aug 19 17:50:25 EDT 2011
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu.base/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu.base/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a419c5
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#Fri Aug 19 17:50:25 EDT 2011
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu.tests/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu.tests/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a419c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu.tests/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#Fri Aug 19 17:50:25 EDT 2011
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a419c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclipse-build/plugins.template/com.ibm.icu/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#Fri Aug 19 17:50:25 EDT 2011
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8