diff --git a/Skeletor.php b/Skeletor.php
index 920e2af..1f9e3c1 100644
--- a/Skeletor.php
+++ b/Skeletor.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public function addBasics()
         $this->loadSkeleton('info.txt', $this->type . '.info.txt');
         $this->loadSkeleton('README');
         $this->loadSkeleton('LICENSE');
-        $this->loadSkeleton('.gitattributes');
+        $this->loadSkeleton('_gitattributes', '.gitattributes');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/skel/.gitattributes b/skel/_gitattributes
similarity index 100%
rename from skel/.gitattributes
rename to skel/_gitattributes