diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f82d8eb2a1..fa3869f7cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ _site/
 .optemp/
 _themes*/
 .vs/
+.local/
 
 .openpublishing.buildcore.ps1