diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82c0e99e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+* text=auto
+
+/.github export-ignore
+/bower_components export-ignore
+/build export-ignore
+/documentation export-ignore
+/pages export-ignore
+/plugins export-ignore
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.gitignore export-ignore
+index.html export-ignore
+index2.html export-ignore
+starter.html export-ignore
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diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2a6719113..e5e355381 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "issues": "https://github.com/almasaeed2010/AdminLTE/issues"
   },
   "require": {
-    "composer/installers": "1.*",
     "bower-asset/jquery": ">=1.9.0 <4.0.0"
   }
-}
+}
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