diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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 CHANGELOG.md merge=union
+
+# Reviewing the lockfile contents is an important step in verifying that
+# we're using the dependencies we expect to be using
+package-lock.json linguist-generated=false
+yarn.lock linguist-generated=false