diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptClientCodegen.java
index 1ab5a61e5fd9..f35c40b7677e 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptClientCodegen.java
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ public class TypeScriptClientCodegen extends AbstractTypeScriptClientCodegen imp
         supportModelPropertyNaming(CodegenConstants.MODEL_PROPERTY_NAMING_TYPE.camelCase);
 
         // Git
+        supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile(".gitattributes.mustache", "", ".gitattributes"));
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile(".gitignore.mustache", "", ".gitignore"));
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("git_push.sh.mustache", "", "git_push.sh"));
 
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/typescript/.gitattributes.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/typescript/.gitattributes.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1f7f40dd196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/typescript/.gitattributes.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.md linguist-documentation
+**/* linguist-generated
\ No newline at end of file