diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7e51847ac3645cf40b6994c580237eff11b7999b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+* text=auto
+*.php text eol=lf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CODING_NOTES.php.txt b/CONTRIBUTING.md
similarity index 98%
rename from CODING_NOTES.php.txt
rename to CONTRIBUTING.md
index 88afcef365ee7f90090923d9485ab05c7c046776..dd49a14e2c2635a12fc391eabab1b05857baf858 100644
--- a/CODING_NOTES.php.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Some guidelines for web development with PHP.
+# Some guidelines for web development with php.
 -----------------------------------------------------
 * Unix Line Breaks Only, NO windows breaks please.
 * Tabs to indent lines, NO spaces