diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..673daf5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
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+sandbox/* export-ignore
+.github/* export-ignore
+#ci/* export-ignore
+package/* export-ignore
+build-deb.sh export-ignore