diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 412eeda7..b3917246 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -20,3 +20,11 @@
 *.PDF	 diff=astextplain
 *.rtf	 diff=astextplain
 *.RTF	 diff=astextplain
+
+# exclude from git export
+/travis.ini export-ignore
+/composer.json export-ignore
+/.travis.yml export-ignore
+/.gitignore export-ignore
+/.gitattributes export-ignore
+/lexer/ export-ignore