diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 412eeda..d0d7b65 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@
 *.PDF	 diff=astextplain
 *.rtf	 diff=astextplain
 *.RTF	 diff=astextplain
+
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.gitignore export-ignore
+README.md export-ignore