diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 4282322..0bddf41 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
 # Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
 * text eol=lf
+/benchmarks export-ignore
+/tests export-ignore
+/tools export-ignore
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.gitignore export-ignore
+.travis.yml export-ignore
+CONTRIBUTING.md export-ignore
+mkdocs.yml export-ignore
+phpbench.json export-ignore
+phpunit.xml.dist  export-ignore