diff --git a/.distignore b/.distignore
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-# A set of files you probably don't want in your WordPress.org distribution
-.circleci
-.distignore
-.editorconfig
-.git
-.github
-.gitignore
-.DS_Store
-Thumbs.db
-bin
-behat.yml
-CODEOWNERS
-composer.json
-composer.lock
-CONTRIBUTING.md
-Gruntfile.js
-package.json
-package-lock.json
-phpcs.xml.dist
-phpunit.xml.dist
-README.md
-tests
-vendor
-node_modules
-*.sql
-*.tar.gz
-*.zip
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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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+# Directories
+/.circleci export-ignore
+/.git export-ignore
+/.github export-ignore
+/.gitignore export-ignore
+/tests export-ignore
+/vendor export-ignore
+/node_modules export-ignore
+/bin export-ignore
+
+# Files
+/.DS_Store export-ignore
+/Thumbs.db export-ignore
+/.editorconfig export-ignore
+/.gitattributes export-ignore
+/behat.yml export-ignore
+/CODEOWNERS export-ignore
+/composer.json export-ignore
+/composer.lock export-ignore
+/CONTRIBUTING.md export-ignore
+/Gruntfile.js export-ignore
+/package-lock.json export-ignore
+/package.json export-ignore
+/phpcs.xml.dist export-ignore
+/phpunit.xml.dist export-ignore
+/README.md export-ignore
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