diff --git a/template/.gitattributes b/template/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53c7506b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+nix/** linguist-generated
+Cargo.nix linguist-generated
+crate-hashes.json linguist-generated
diff --git a/template/.gitignore.j2 b/template/.gitignore.j2
index 44b2140f..a2c40bc1 100644
--- a/template/.gitignore.j2
+++ b/template/.gitignore.j2
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ target/
 
 *.tgz
 
-Cargo.nix
-crate-hashes.json
 result
 image.tar
 
-tilt_options.json
\ No newline at end of file
+tilt_options.json