diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 574feb35..cb28be50 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ _benchmarks/* linguist-documentation
 # if from unix:
 # git config --global core.autocrlf input
 # https://help.github.com/articles/dealing-with-line-endings/#per-repository-settings
-* text=auto
\ No newline at end of file
+* text=auto
+# ignore perms
+# git config core.filemode false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d4d7d52..7465cb2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .vscode
 _authortools
-/_examples/**/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+/_examples/**/node_modules
+.directory
\ No newline at end of file