diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index b689c5b468921d6455cfdfcd0ed25b139e2a7309..deeee5e25c014dd5aa774552cc9854aac1fa3d9a 100755
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+*.c linguist-language=C
+*.C linguist-language=C
+*.h linguist-language=C
+*.H linguist-language=C
+
 * text=auto
 
 *.S text
@@ -40,8 +45,3 @@ COPYING text
 *.sct -text
 *.xsd -text
 Jamfile -text
-
-*.c linguist-language=C
-*.C linguist-language=C
-*.h linguist-language=C
-*.H linguist-language=C