diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index dc87171..f77f16f 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .git/*
 .github/*
 .gitignore
+.gitattributes
 
 # Don't track cargo generated files
 target/*
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46fa76c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+example-configs/** linguist-documentation
+docs/** linguist-documentation
+*.md linguist-documentation
+lldap_config.docker_template.toml linguist-documentation
+
+schema.graphql linguist-generated
+
+.github/**  -linguist-detectable
+.devcontainer/**  -linguist-detectable
+.config/**  -linguist-detectable