diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index be1e4db5212..57ce4c7b99c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-* text=auto
-#convert to native on checkout and normalise on checkin
-*.dm text
+code/* text=auto
 
 # dmm map merger hook
 # needs additional setup, see tools/mapmerge/install.txt