diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cab1f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
+* text=auto
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c4d224f..4bc323e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,9 @@ bin/
 obj/
 *.snupkg
 *.user
-out/
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# ignore files in folder foo
+out/*
+
+# but keep the folder
+!out/.gitkeep
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/out/.gitkeep b/out/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29