diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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index 000000000..33f9bfbf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+/.yarn/releases/** binary
+/.yarn/plugins/** binary
diff --git a/frontend/.gitattributes b/frontend/.gitattributes
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--- a/frontend/.gitattributes
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-/.yarn/releases/** binary
-/.yarn/plugins/** binary
-