diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c46415a5c..68895bf88 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 *.ex diff=elixir
 *.exs diff=elixir
+# At the time of writing all js/css files included
+# in the repo are minified bundles, and we don't want
+# to search/diff those as text files.
+*.js binary
+*.js.map binary
+*.css binary