diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 176a458f94..8da22eda5f 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+# text files detection
 * text=auto
+
+# unix end of lines forcing for text files
+* text eol=lf
diff --git a/media/.gitattributes b/media/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee10437bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# binary files
+*.ai binary
+*.eps binary
+*.pdf binary
+*.png binary