diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5479c77f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# bulk initial re-formatting with clang-format
+9535f8bdc34e8e62d53608a027bc95fd0f07e55f # !autorebase ./maintainers/format.sh --until-stable