diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 38a28e02e..b654c29ee 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+app/config/* linguist-detectable=false
+app/config/* linguist-detectable=false
+app/config/*/* linguist-detectable=false
+app/config/*/*/* linguist-detectable=false
+app/config/*/*/*/* linguist-detectable=false
 tests/* linguist-detectable=false
 tests/*/* linguist-detectable=false
 tests/*/*/* linguist-detectable=false