diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dec18e026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
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+# Default
+* text=auto
+
+# Mandate conversion to LF (unix) line endings.
+*.js text eol=lf
+*.css text eol=lf
+*.html text eol=lf
+*.md text eol=lf
+*.py text eol=lf
+
+# Binary files so don't modify
+*.ico binary
+*.png binary
+*.jpg binary
+*.xlsx binary
diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0be2ce1c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc
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+{
+    "eqnull": true,
+    "sub": true,
+    "multistr": true
+}