diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 6313b56c57..af827e336e 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
+# Requires Git to check out files with the LF (not CRLF) line endings for files it automatically recognizes as being text-based
+# The `*` targets all files
+# The `text=auto` makes it apply a conversion only to files detected as text-based
+# The `eol=lf` sets the conversion to an LF line ending
+# https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes
 * text=auto eol=lf
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index e119d37c74..a874407c5a 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	"description": "Graphite's web app frontend. Planned to be replaced by a native GUI written in Rust in the future.",
 	"private": true,
 	"scripts": {
+		"start": "vue-cli-service serve || (npm install && vue-cli-service serve)",
 		"serve": "vue-cli-service serve || (npm install && vue-cli-service serve)",
 		"build": "vue-cli-service build || (npm install && vue-cli-service build)",
 		"lint": "vue-cli-service lint || echo There were lint errors. If the linter execution fails, try running `npm install` first.",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f2b8bb54d..dae2ddf362 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	"description": "A convenience package for calling the real package.json in ./frontend",
 	"private": true,
 	"scripts": {
+		"start": "cd frontend && npm run serve",
 		"serve": "cd frontend && npm run serve",
 		"build": "cd frontend && npm run build",
 		"lint": "cd frontend && npm run lint",