diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44b8952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*           eol=lf
+*.png       binary
+build/*     eol=crlf
diff --git a/auto/bin/update_ext.sh b/auto/bin/update_ext.sh
index 9ba9c74..e990a21 100755
--- a/auto/bin/update_ext.sh
+++ b/auto/bin/update_ext.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if [ ! -d $1 ] ; then
     mkdir -p $1
 
 # Parse each of the extensions in the registry
-    find $2 -name doc -type d -prune -o -name \*.txt -print | \
+    find $2 -name doc -type d -prune -o -name "*.txt" -print | \
 	grep -v -f $3 | sort | bin/parse_spec.pl $1
 
 fi