diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60787451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.vim -text
diff --git a/tools/vimlol/vimlol.vim b/tools/vimlol/vimlol.vim
index 611e810b..398c3b04 100644
--- a/tools/vimlol/vimlol.vim
+++ b/tools/vimlol/vimlol.vim
@@ -4,22 +4,17 @@
 """ More info here:
 """ http://lol.zoy.org/wiki/dev/setup/vim
 """
-"
-"
-""" XXX: intentionally no empty lines because some versions of Vim
-""" for Windows will be unable to parse them if a version control
-""" system has added CRLF line endings.
-"
-"
+
+
 """
 """ Add syntax highlighting for new C++ types
 """
-"
+
 " some custom base types
 au Syntax cpp
    \ syn keyword cType
    \ half ldouble lldouble real uint
-"
+
 " GLSL types and the Lol Engine extensions
 au Syntax cpp
    \ syn keyword cType
@@ -37,16 +32,16 @@ au Syntax cpp
    \ uvec2 ucmplx uvec3 uvec4 uquat umat2 umat3 umat4
    \ i64vec2 i64cmplx i64vec3 i64vec4 i64quat i64mat2 i64mat3 i64mat4
    \ u64vec2 u64cmplx u64vec3 u64vec4 u64quat u64mat2 u64mat3 u64mat4
-"
+
 " HLSL types
 au Syntax cpp
    \ syn keyword cType
    \ int2 int3 int4 int2x2 int3x3 int4x4
    \ float2 float3 float4 float2x2 float3x3 float4x4
-"
-"
+
+
 """
 """ For now, pretend .lolfx is C++
 """
 au BufRead,BufNewFile *.lolfx let b:current_syntax = "cpp"
-"
+