diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 77aed6f726..d20f44ae0c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 *.html  linguist-documentation=true
 *.html  linguist-vendored=true
 *.gms   linguist-vendored=true
+
+*.mat -crlf -diff -merge
+*.mlx -crlf -diff -merge
+*.xlsx -crlf -diff -merge