diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 25f774c5d..630189b03 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # On Windows, git can be setup to convert text files to use
 # DOS/Windows newlines (\r\n) rather than Unix style (\n).
 # This should be harmless for most of our unit tests...
-#
+# Still, it's better when we try to assure unform Unix style
+# when committing:
+
+* text=auto
+
 # However, where testing indexing and get_raw (including the
 # BGZF tests comparing the uncompressed file to the compressed
 # file) it can be important to preserve the line endings in git.
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ddde6ac57..a8ffd7e90 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ repos:
     -   id: rstcheck
         args: [--report=warning]
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/doc8
-    rev: 0.8.1
+    rev: ''
     hooks:
     -   id: doc8
         additional_dependencies: [pygments]
-        args: [--quiet,--ignore-path=Doc/examples/ec_*.txt]
+        args: [--quiet,--ignore-path=Doc/examples/ec_*.txt, --ignore=D004]
 -   repo: local
     hooks:
     -   id: doi-link-style
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 54b5f73ac..155c1daa5 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ possible, especially the following contributors:
 - João Rodrigues
 - João Vitor F Cavalcante (first contribution)
 - Marie Crane
+- Markus Piotrowski
 - Michiel de Hoon
 - Peter Cock
 - Sergio Valqui