diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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index 00000000000..623d12be8ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.sqlite diff=sqlite
diff --git a/development/sqlite3dump b/development/sqlite3dump
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..0fbf8fab5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/sqlite3dump
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Create a SQL dump of a SQLite database.
+#
+# This is used to provide diffs of .sqlite files when using Git. To set it up
+# add the following to your ~/.gitconfig or .git/config:
+#
+# [diff "sqlite"]
+#         textconv = sqlite3dump
+#
+# And make sure this file is in your PATH. Now git log/git diff/gitk/tig/etc.
+# should show diffs of the .sqlite files.
+
+
+sqlite3 "$1" .dump