diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c333075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Handle line endings automatically for files detected as text
+# and leave all files detected as binary untouched.
+* text=auto
+
+# Never modify line endings of our bash scripts
+*.sh eol=lf
+
+#
+# The above will handle all files NOT found below
+#
+# These files are text and should be normalized (Convert crlf => lf)
+*.py            text
+*.css           text
+*.html          text
+*.java          text
+*.js            text
+*.json          text
+*.properties    text
+*.txt           text
+*.xml           text
+
+# These files are binary and should be left untouched
+# (binary is macro for -text -diff)
+*.class         binary
+*.jar           binary
+*.gif           binary
+*.jpg           binary
+*.png           binary
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diff --git a/process_dbm.sh b/process_dbm.sh
index 507a88f5..71add56d 100644
--- a/process_dbm.sh
+++ b/process_dbm.sh
@@ -79,5 +79,4 @@ fi
 docker cp dbm_container:/app/output $output_path
 docker stop dbm_container
 docker rm dbm_container
-
 exit
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