diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7aa1b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# SPSDBMove line-ending and encoding policy
+#
+# PowerShell files run under Windows PowerShell 5.1 on SharePoint servers. Without a
+# BOM, Windows PowerShell 5.1 reads .ps1/.psm1/.psd1 as ANSI (the system code page),
+# which corrupts any non-ASCII character. We therefore store all PowerShell files as
+# UTF-8 with BOM (the BOM is part of the committed content) and check them out with
+# CRLF line endings (native on the target servers).
+#
+# YAML, Markdown and other text files must NOT carry a BOM (it breaks some YAML
+# parsers and is unwanted on GitHub-rendered files); they use LF.
+
+* text=auto eol=lf
+
+# PowerShell -- committed with a UTF-8 BOM, checked out with CRLF
+*.ps1   text eol=crlf
+*.psm1  text eol=crlf
+*.psd1  text eol=crlf
+
+# Workflows / docs / config -- no BOM, LF
+*.yml   text eol=lf
+*.yaml  text eol=lf
+*.md    text eol=lf
+*.json  text eol=lf
+
+# Binary artifacts (release ZIP, screenshots)
+*.dll binary
+*.png binary
+*.zip binary
diff --git a/scripts/SPSDBMove.ps1 b/scripts/SPSDBMove.ps1
index 74fa057..f278728 100644
--- a/scripts/SPSDBMove.ps1
+++ b/scripts/SPSDBMove.ps1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Requires -Version 7.0
+#Requires -Version 7.0
 
 <#
 .SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/tests/SPSDBMove.Tests.ps1 b/tests/SPSDBMove.Tests.ps1
index 8ea8ef5..6db5726 100644
--- a/tests/SPSDBMove.Tests.ps1
+++ b/tests/SPSDBMove.Tests.ps1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Requires -Version 7.0
+#Requires -Version 7.0
 #Requires -Modules @{ ModuleName='Pester'; ModuleVersion='5.3.0' }
 
 <#