diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 0c0b43f..75c9d16 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 *.verified.txt text eol=lf working-tree-encoding=UTF-8
 *.verified.xml text eol=lf working-tree-encoding=UTF-8
-*.verified.json text eol=lf working-tree-encoding=UTF-8
\ No newline at end of file
+*.verified.json text eol=lf working-tree-encoding=UTF-8
+
+# force LF line endings on all shell scripts, even on Windows
+*.sh text eol=lf
\ No newline at end of file