diff --git a/ .gitattributes b/.gitattributes
similarity index 100%
rename from  .gitattributes
rename to .gitattributes
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 63c5c483..fdb6dfaa 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ task :gemspec => :validate do
     split("\n").
     sort.
     reject { |file| file =~ /^\./ }.
-    reject { |file| file =~ /^(rdoc|pkg|test|Home\.md)/ }.
+    reject { |file| file =~ /^(rdoc|pkg|test|Home\.md|\.gitattributes)/ }.
     map { |file| "    #{file}" }.
     join("\n")
 
diff --git a/gollum.gemspec b/gollum.gemspec
index f4ad52c1..3f3973df 100644
--- a/gollum.gemspec
+++ b/gollum.gemspec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.required_ruby_version = ">= 1.8.7"
 
   s.name              = 'gollum'
-  s.version           = '2.3.12'
-  s.date              = '2012-11-07'
+  s.version           = '2.4.0'
+  s.date              = '2012-11-11'
   s.rubyforge_project = 'gollum'
 
   s.summary     = "A simple, Git-powered wiki."
diff --git a/lib/gollum.rb b/lib/gollum.rb
index d1e2b83d..2d0da59a 100644
--- a/lib/gollum.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require File.expand_path('../gollum/web_sequence_diagram', __FILE__)
 require File.expand_path('../gollum/frontend/uri_encode_component', __FILE__)
 
 module Gollum
-  VERSION = '2.3.12'
+  VERSION = '2.4.0'
 
   def self.assets_path
     ::File.expand_path('gollum/frontend/public', ::File.dirname(__FILE__))