diff --git a/home/git/default.ignore b/home/git/default.ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a169a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/git/default.ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# C/C++ binary files
+*.so
+*.o
+*.a
+*.out
+
+# Python files
+env/
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Build system files
+compile_commands.json
+
+# Debugger files
+.gdb_history
+
+# LSP cache
+.clangd/
+
+# Swap and backup files
+*~
+~.swp
diff --git a/home/git/default.nix b/home/git/default.nix
index fa8c70e..679b7f9 100644
--- a/home/git/default.nix
+++ b/home/git/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
 {
   programs.git = {
     enable = true;
@@ -96,5 +96,13 @@
     includes = [
       { path = ./epita.config; condition = "gitdir:~/git/EPITA/"; }
     ];
+
+    ignores =
+      let
+        readLines = file: lib.splitString "\n" (builtins.readFile file);
+        removeComments = lib.filter (line: line != "" && !(lib.hasPrefix "#" line));
+        getPaths = file: removeComments (readLines file);
+      in
+      getPaths ./default.ignore;
   };
 }