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gitattributes/gitattributes resource

A collection of useful .gitattributes templates observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/gitattributes/gitattributes · Git Attributes · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

74/100

  • Activity 93
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5222
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 42
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3849 stars · 595 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A collection of ready-to-use .gitattributes templates for Git repositories, analogous to GitHub's gitignore templates. It includes a common template plus per-language rules and a check script for CI validation.

Use cases

  • normalize line endings across a git repository
  • set up .gitattributes for a new project
  • make GitHub language stats ignore generated files
  • enforce gitattributes coverage in CI
  • find templates for handling binary files in git

When to choose

  • you want curated, community-maintained .gitattributes rules instead of writing your own
  • you need a CI check that every tracked file has a matching attribute rule

When to avoid

  • you need a tool that generates .gitattributes automatically rather than copy-paste templates
  • your project has no need for line-ending or diff normalization rules

Facets

dataset · maturity active

version-control developer-tools configuration-management developer-tools version-control cross-platform cli gitattributes git-templates line-endings linguist

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
gitattributes/gitattributesmain74

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="gitattributes/gitattributes")

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