diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c46415a5cc6ad2e81e1649359ad048700e6f4e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
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+*.ex diff=elixir
+*.exs diff=elixir