diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 08735abb1d5..2d519254ba4 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ChangeLog text
 COPYING text
 NEWS text
 README text
+CONTRIBUTING text
 *.txt text
 *.md text
 *.zip binary
diff --git a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.remote/.cvsignore b/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.remote/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ba077a4031a..00000000000
--- a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.remote/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bin
diff --git a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control/.cvsignore b/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ba077a4031a..00000000000
--- a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bin
diff --git a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.test/.cvsignore b/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.test/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ba077a4031a..00000000000
--- a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.test/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bin