diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d3452fd3cef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.c    diff=cpp
+*.h    diff=cpp
+*.cpp  diff=cpp
+*.hpp  diff=cpp
+*.py   diff=python
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26a1bb9d1934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+_.tinderbox.*
+_.amd64.*
+_.arm.*
+_.arm64.*
+_.i386.*
+_.ia64.*
+_.mips.*
+_.pc98.*
+_.powerpc.*
+_.riscv.*
+_.sparc64.*
+_.sun4v.*
+GPATH
+GRTAGS
+GTAGS
+ID
+cscope.out
+?cscope.out