diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index b4f0b6cbb44..e628cb9fd5c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # the --prefer-dist option selected. Used to remove development
 # specific files so user has a clean download.
 
+.github export-ignore
+
 # git files
 .gitattributes export-ignore
 # .gitignore
@@ -12,7 +14,10 @@
 phpdoc.dist.xml export-ignore
 
 # Misc other files
-readme.rst
+.editorconfig export-ignore
+phpdoc.dist.xml export-ignore
+DCO.txt export-ignore
+contributing.md export-ignore
 
 # They don't want all of our tests...
 tests/codeigniter/ export-ignore
@@ -21,3 +26,4 @@ tests/travis/ export-ignore
 # User Guide source files and compiled files
 user_guide_src export-ignore
 user_guide export-ignore
+build-release.sh export-ignore