diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b63a89f6c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# http://EditorConfig.org
+#
+# precedence of rules is bottom to top
+
+# this is the top-most EditorConfig file
+root = true
+
+
+[*]
+# 4 space indentation
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+
+# no end of line whitespaces
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+
+# unix-style newlines
+end_of_line = lf
+
+# newline ending in files
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+
+[*.md]
+# two end of line whitespaces are newlines without a paragraph
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
+
+
+[Makefile]
+# TABs are part of its syntax
+indent_style = tab
+indent_size = unset
diff --git a/.github/workflows/source/hasNonASCII b/.github/workflows/source/hasNonASCII
index f2030e01e5..ca7c441dca 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/source/hasNonASCII
+++ b/.github/workflows/source/hasNonASCII
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ok=0
 
 pattern="\.c$|\.cpp$|\.F90$|\.h$|\.H$|\.ini$|\.py$|"\
-"\.rst$|\.sh$|\.tex$|\.txt$|\.xml$|\.yml$|"\
+"\.rst$|\.sh$|\.tex$|\.txt$|\.xml$|\.yml$|\.yaml$|"\
 "CMakeLists\.txt|inputs"
 
 for i in $(find . \