diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e268510e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# bulk initial re-formatting with clang-format
+a5264aa46eadb89c055b4d1442e814edb2d4414e # !autorebase ./maintainers/format.sh --until-stable