diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c976050ade..653dde78b5 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # text files must be lf for golden file tests to work
 * text=auto eol=lf
 
+# make project show as TS on GitHub
+*.js linguist-detectable=false