diff --git a/src/Tools/plugins/.gitattributes b/src/Tools/plugins/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03a27f909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tools/plugins/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#git archive --worktree-attributes --prefix=freecad-0.13/ --output=freecad.tar.gz HEAD
+widget    export-ignore
+imageformats    export-ignore