diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 85087c8e0fe5c13b5551e69e24c641fd9c5c1ee1..5cb0f7baf1bc6167712307b9f68d40c9566937e7 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 
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 /examples/in_progress/ export-ignore
-/examples/multiprecision/random/ export-ignore
-/examples/multiprecision/bench-include/ export-ignore
-/examples/multiprecision/mini-gmp/ export-ignore
 /misc/ export-ignore
 /opam/ export-ignore
 /tests/ export-ignore
diff --git a/examples/multiprecision/.gitattributes b/examples/multiprecision/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a179b5909470d542504515db138b4ba12c72045d
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+random/ export-ignore
+bench-include/ export-ignore
+mini-gmp/ export-ignore
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