diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5e3c6a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+* text=auto eol=lf
+
+# make sure that script files are always in the correct format, no matter the OS.
+# i.e. Windows needs batch files to have CRLF, but shell scripts always need to be LF, which is especially important for WSL contexts.
+*.sh           text eol=lf
+*.bat          text eol=crlf
diff --git a/.prettierrc.yml b/.prettierrc.yml
index e4b60f57c..9ce888bdf 100644
--- a/.prettierrc.yml
+++ b/.prettierrc.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 tabWidth: 4
 printWidth: 100
 trailingComma: "none"
+endOfLine: "lf"