diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index dfe0770424b..b872981ff3a 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 # Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
 * text=auto
+
+.gitattributes export-ignore  
+.gitignore export-ignore
+.travis.yml export-ignore
+appveyor.yml export-ignore
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