diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index b0044cf272f..158c3d45c4c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
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-*.perl eol=lf diff=perl
-*.pl eof=lf diff=perl
-*.pm eol=lf diff=perl
-*.py eol=lf diff=python
-*.bat eol=crlf
+*.sh whitespace=indent,trail,space text eol=lf
+*.perl text eol=lf diff=perl
+*.pl text eof=lf diff=perl
+*.pm text eol=lf diff=perl
+*.py text eol=lf diff=python
+*.bat text eol=crlf
 CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md -whitespace
-/Documentation/**/*.txt eol=lf
-/command-list.txt eol=lf
-/GIT-VERSION-GEN eol=lf
-/mergetools/* eol=lf
-/t/oid-info/* eol=lf
+/Documentation/**/*.txt text eol=lf
+/command-list.txt text eol=lf
+/GIT-VERSION-GEN text eol=lf
+/mergetools/* text eol=lf
+/t/oid-info/* text eol=lf
 /Documentation/git-merge.txt conflict-marker-size=32
 /Documentation/gitk.txt conflict-marker-size=32
 /Documentation/user-manual.txt conflict-marker-size=32