diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 2f9e769c26217..2cf09bb1f8e79 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 *.dmm merge=dmm
 *.dmi merge=dmi
 
+# exlude maps from contribution count
+*.dmm linguist-generated=true 
+
 # force changelog merging to use union
 html/changelog.html merge=union