diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index db30e66..6220ddd 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-RTE/*           linguist-documentation
-**/*.uvoptx     linguist-documentation
-**/*.uvl        linguist-documentation
-RTE/*           linguist-vendored
-**/*.uvoptx     linguist-vendored
-**/*.uvl        linguist-vendored
+# Mark files to be treated as plain text, ignoring language detection
+RTE/*           linguist-language=Plain Text
+**/*.uvoptx     linguist-language=Plain Text
+**/*.uvl        linguist-language=Plain Text
+
+# Optionally, mark external files as vendored if needed
+RTE/*           linguist-vendored=true
+**/*.uvoptx     linguist-vendored=true
+**/*.uvl        linguist-vendored=true
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