diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5516e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.lisp diff=lisp
+*.el diff=lisp
+*.org diff=org
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82566c8..d273700 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 !init.el
 !early-init.el
 !.gitignore
+!.gitattributes
 !README.*
 
 # and ...