diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 2bfd4bf9f9b..0fad740d301 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -22,31 +22,31 @@ Lib/test/sndhdrdata/sndhdr.* binary
 PC/classicAppCompat.* binary
 
 # Text files that should not be subject to eol conversion
-[attr]noeol -text
-
-Lib/test/cjkencodings/*                    noeol
-Lib/test/tokenizedata/coding20731.py       noeol
-Lib/test/decimaltestdata/*.decTest         noeol
-Lib/test/test_email/data/*.txt             noeol
-Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/data01/*           noeol
-Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/namespacedata01/*  noeol
-Lib/test/xmltestdata/*                     noeol
+# START META PATCH (manually expand gitattributes macros due to ShipIt limitations)
+Lib/test/cjkencodings/*                    -text
+Lib/test/tokenizedata/coding20731.py       -text
+Lib/test/decimaltestdata/*.decTest         -text
+Lib/test/test_email/data/*.txt             -text
+Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/data01/*           -text
+Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/namespacedata01/*  -text
+Lib/test/xmltestdata/*                     -text
+# END META PATCH
 
 # Shell scripts should have LF even on Windows because of Cygwin
 Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate text eol=lf
 Lib/venv/scripts/posix/* text eol=lf
 
 # CRLF files
-[attr]dos text eol=crlf
-
-*.bat               dos
-*.proj              dos
-*.props             dos
-*.ps1               dos
-*.sln               dos
-*.vcxproj*          dos
-PC/readme.txt       dos
-PCbuild/readme.txt  dos
+# START META PATCH (manually expand gitattributes macros due to ShipIt limitations)
+*.bat               text eol=crlf
+*.proj              text eol=crlf
+*.props             text eol=crlf
+*.ps1               text eol=crlf
+*.sln               text eol=crlf
+*.vcxproj*          text eol=crlf
+PC/readme.txt       text eol=crlf
+PCbuild/readme.txt  text eol=crlf
+# END META PATCH
 
 # Language aware diff headers
 # https://tekin.co.uk/2020/10/better-git-diff-output-for-ruby-python-elixir-and-more
@@ -64,31 +64,31 @@ PCbuild/readme.txt  dos
 # To always hide generated files in local diffs, mark them as binary:
 # $ git config diff.generated.binary true
 #
-[attr]generated linguist-generated=true diff=generated
-
-**/clinic/*.c.h                                     generated
-*_db.h                                              generated
-Doc/data/stable_abi.dat                             generated
-Doc/library/token-list.inc                          generated
-Include/internal/pycore_ast.h                       generated
-Include/internal/pycore_ast_state.h                 generated
-Include/internal/pycore_opcode.h                    generated
-Include/internal/pycore_*_generated.h               generated
-Include/opcode.h                                    generated
-Include/token.h                                     generated
-Lib/keyword.py                                      generated
-Lib/test/levenshtein_examples.json                  generated
-Lib/test/test_stable_abi_ctypes.py                  generated
-Lib/token.py                                        generated
-Objects/typeslots.inc                               generated
-PC/python3dll.c                                     generated
-Parser/parser.c                                     generated
-Parser/token.c                                      generated
-Programs/test_frozenmain.h                          generated
-Python/Python-ast.c                                 generated
-Python/generated_cases.c.h                          generated
-Python/opcode_targets.h                             generated
-Python/stdlib_module_names.h                        generated
-Tools/peg_generator/pegen/grammar_parser.py         generated
-aclocal.m4                                          generated
-configure                                           generated
+# START META PATCH (manually expand gitattributes macros due to ShipIt limitations)
+**/clinic/*.c.h                                     linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+*_db.h                                              linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Doc/data/stable_abi.dat                             linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Doc/library/token-list.inc                          linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Include/internal/pycore_ast.h                       linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Include/internal/pycore_ast_state.h                 linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Include/internal/pycore_opcode.h                    linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Include/internal/pycore_*_generated.h               linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Include/opcode.h                                    linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Include/token.h                                     linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Lib/keyword.py                                      linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Lib/test/levenshtein_examples.json                  linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Lib/test/test_stable_abi_ctypes.py                  linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Lib/token.py                                        linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Objects/typeslots.inc                               linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+PC/python3dll.c                                     linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Parser/parser.c                                     linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Parser/token.c                                      linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Programs/test_frozenmain.h                          linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Python/Python-ast.c                                 linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Python/generated_cases.c.h                          linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Python/opcode_targets.h                             linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Python/stdlib_module_names.h                        linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+Tools/peg_generator/pegen/grammar_parser.py         linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+aclocal.m4                                          linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+configure                                           linguist-generated=true diff=generated
+# END META PATCH