diff --git a/custom/rules/.gitignore b/custom/rules/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..153f9ed7
--- /dev/null
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+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
+!sections
+!rules