diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 208052cbb7..dbf903ae14 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
-root=true
+# editorconfig.org
 
+# top-most EditorConfig file
+root = true
+
+# Default settings:
+# A newline ending every file
+# Use 4 spaces as indentation
 [*]
-end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
 indent_style = space
 indent_size = 4
-trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 
-[*.{cs,cshtml,csx,vb,vbx,vbhtml,fs,fsx,txt,ps1,sql}]
-indent_size = 4
\ No newline at end of file
+# Trim trailing whitespace, limited support.
+# https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig/wiki/Property-research:-Trim-trailing-spaces
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a664be3a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+*.doc  diff=astextplain
+*.DOC	diff=astextplain
+*.docx	diff=astextplain
+*.DOCX	diff=astextplain
+*.dot	diff=astextplain
+*.DOT	diff=astextplain
+*.pdf	diff=astextplain
+*.PDF	diff=astextplain
+*.rtf	diff=astextplain
+*.RTF	diff=astextplain
+
+*.jpg  	binary
+*.png 	binary
+*.gif 	binary
+
+*.cs text=auto diff=csharp 
+*.vb text=auto
+*.c text=auto
+*.cpp text=auto
+*.cxx text=auto
+*.h text=auto
+*.hxx text=auto
+*.py text=auto
+*.rb text=auto
+*.java text=auto
+*.html text=auto
+*.htm text=auto
+*.css text=auto
+*.scss text=auto
+*.sass text=auto
+*.less text=auto
+*.js text=auto
+*.lisp text=auto
+*.clj text=auto
+*.sql text=auto
+*.php text=auto
+*.lua text=auto
+*.m text=auto
+*.asm text=auto
+*.erl text=auto
+*.fs text=auto
+*.fsx text=auto
+*.hs text=auto
+
+*.csproj text=auto merge=union 
+*.vbproj text=auto merge=union 
+*.fsproj text=auto merge=union 
+*.dbproj text=auto merge=union 
+*.sln text=auto eol=crlf merge=union