diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..526c8a38d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.sh text eol=lf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68bc17f9ff..a8fbb4b007 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -158,3 +158,6 @@ cython_debug/
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+
+# Hummingbot Deploy runtime files
+bots/credentials/master_account/.password_verification
diff --git a/bots/archived/.gitignore b/bots/archived/.gitignore
index e69de29bb2..8d76a7da0f 100644
--- a/bots/archived/.gitignore
+++ b/bots/archived/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Ignore archived bot files created at runtime
+*
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/bots/credentials/master_account/.gitignore b/bots/credentials/master_account/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cf4be46b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bots/credentials/master_account/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Ignore generated password verification file
+.password_verification
diff --git a/bots/credentials/master_account/connectors/.gitignore b/bots/credentials/master_account/connectors/.gitignore
index e69de29bb2..ef5888f599 100644
--- a/bots/credentials/master_account/connectors/.gitignore
+++ b/bots/credentials/master_account/connectors/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Ignore connector credential files
+*
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/bots/instances/.gitignore b/bots/instances/.gitignore
index e69de29bb2..2021b4f357 100644
--- a/bots/instances/.gitignore
+++ b/bots/instances/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Ignore live bot instance data
+*
+!.gitignore