diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c84e6206024f5..a97c543432108 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# treat patches as files that should not be modified
-*.patch -text
+# treat all files as files that should not be modified
+* -text