diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 6a18b35f021ee071ff3bb284ea9c73ca1c86fb9d..89c64297fe8d3edc8ff57d82c64e4eef8909ea91 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+*	text=auto
 *.tar	filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -crlf
 *.tar.gz	filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -crlf
 */ecmwf.OD*	filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -crlf