diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 541fd55e..8a211e3c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-.licenses/** -diff linguist-generated=true
\ No newline at end of file
+* text=auto
+.licenses/** -diff linguist-generated=true
+
+# don't diff machine generated files
+dist/index.js -diff
+package-lock.json -diff