diff --git a/.flooignore b/.flooignore
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..3e4e48b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flooignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index daf8fde3f..05f086692 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # development environment
 .coverage
 .env
+.floo
 *.sqlite3
 
 # cache, compiled & downloaded files