.gitattributes not making a difference, trying to skip files when using git difftool

Question

I\'ve read the Git Pro website and I\'ve read multiple answers on StackOverflow, but sadly I am simply unable to make .gitattributes work for me.

Whenever I\'m using

Answer 1

patthoyts's answer worked for me.

The trick for me was figuring out version of git-difftool--helper git was using (MacPorts had installed multiple versions)

I used (with the difftool open):

lsof | grep "git-difftool--helper"