diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ace7a2d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Enforce LF line endings in the repo (Biome requires LF)
+* text=auto eol=lf
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index cbba654a..55bfd9b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ jobs:
           BRANCH="release/v${VERSION}"
 
           # Check if there are version bump changes to push
-          if git diff --quiet HEAD; then
+          if git diff --quiet HEAD -- package.json package-lock.json CHANGELOG.md DEPENDENCIES.md; then
             echo "No version bump commit to push — skipping PR"
           else
-            git add -A
+            git add package.json package-lock.json CHANGELOG.md DEPENDENCIES.md
             git commit -m "chore: release v${VERSION}"
             git push origin "HEAD:refs/heads/${BRANCH}"
             gh pr create \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7441c4d3..2a620a96 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@ A single trailing semicolon is ignored (falls back to single-query mode). The `-
 
 | Flag | Model | Dimensions | Size | License | Notes |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|
-| `minilm` (default) | all-MiniLM-L6-v2 | 384 | ~23 MB | Apache-2.0 | Fastest, good for quick iteration |
+| `minilm` | all-MiniLM-L6-v2 | 384 | ~23 MB | Apache-2.0 | Fastest, good for quick iteration |
 | `jina-small` | jina-embeddings-v2-small-en | 512 | ~33 MB | Apache-2.0 | Better quality, still small |
 | `jina-base` | jina-embeddings-v2-base-en | 768 | ~137 MB | Apache-2.0 | High quality, 8192 token context |
-| `jina-code` | jina-embeddings-v2-base-code | 768 | ~137 MB | Apache-2.0 | **Best for code search**, trained on code+text |
+| `jina-code` (default) | jina-embeddings-v2-base-code | 768 | ~137 MB | Apache-2.0 | **Best for code search**, trained on code+text |
 | `nomic` | nomic-embed-text-v1 | 768 | ~137 MB | Apache-2.0 | Good quality, 8192 context |
 | `nomic-v1.5` | nomic-embed-text-v1.5 | 768 | ~137 MB | Apache-2.0 | Improved nomic, Matryoshka dimensions |
 | `bge-large` | bge-large-en-v1.5 | 1024 | ~335 MB | MIT | Best general retrieval, top MTEB scores |