Revert "Revert "Revert ":circus_tent: Added .gitattributes & .gitignore files"""

This reverts commit 705fd33af8f6178b802e9dee6347acc419b2c446.
Revert "Revert "Revert "Revert ":circus_tent: Added .gitattributes & .gitignore files""""

This reverts commit 016ce177e12b001dfbce3c4d6793177bb4fa1426.