diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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index 00000000..d982fefc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
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+benchmark/ export-ignore
+data/ export-ignore
+docker/ export-ignore
+images/ export-ignore
+tests/ export-ignore
+packaging.sh export-ignore
+.gitignore export-ignore