diff --git a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
index c5d00a2b255..1dff52fa90d 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ recursive-delete-patterns:
 - BUILD.bazel
 - "*/BUILD.bazel"
 - Gopkg.toml
+- "*/.gitattributes"
 default-go-version: 1.18
 rules:
 - destination: code-generator