diff --git a/config.nix b/config.nix
index 97fa333cd6dd6690738c53e7f3c139f86d70ffb8..da962720ea0b1b71852becdc10f6209d0622f40c 100644
--- a/config.nix
+++ b/config.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}: {
+  ignore = [".idea/" "result"];
   settings = {
     theme = "catppuccin_mocha_transparent";
     editor = {

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 8061cb09c09c63ca06f8b315423f8d3f5f9eb282..9b227362cd52c587234d5a6ba4c32f43d9146754 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@         inherit (grammar) name;
         artifact = buildGrammar grammar;
       })
       config.grammars;
+    ignoreFile = pkgs.writeText "ignore" (builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" config.ignore);
     configFile = pkgs.writeText "config.toml" (builtins.readFile (tomlFormat.generate "helix-config" config.settings));
     languageFile = pkgs.writeText "languages.toml" (builtins.readFile (tomlFormat.generate "helix-languages" config.languages));
     themeFiles =
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@         mkdir -p $out/home/helix/themes
         ln -s ${configFile} $out/home/helix/config.toml
         ln -s ${languageFile} $out/home/helix/languages.toml
         ${builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" themeLinks}
+
+        mkdir -p $out/home/git
+        ln -s ${ignoreFile} $out/home/git/ignore
 
         makeWrapper ${pkgs.helix}/bin/.hx-wrapped $out/bin/hx --set HELIX_RUNTIME $out/lib/runtime --set XDG_CONFIG_HOME $out/home
       '';