diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ca00bc4df574..05ada15f43a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ result-*
 /pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/*/tmp/
 /pkgs/desktops/kde-5/*/tmp/
 /pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/xml/*
+
+# generated by pkgs/common-updater/update-script.nix
+update-git-commits.txt