diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6192ec4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# This file lists revisions that should be ignored when considering
+# attribution for the actual code written.  Code style changes should
+# not be considered as modifications with regards to attribution.
+#
+# To see clean and meaningful blame information.
+# $ git blame important.py --ignore-revs-file .git-blame-ignore-revs
+#
+# To configure git to automatically ignore revisions listed in a file on every call to git blame.
+# $ git config blame.ignoreRevsFile .git-blame-ignore-revs
+#
+# Ignore changes introduced when doing global file format changes
+#
+# STYLE: Convert files from CRLF to LF
+e73a05a60a181bde5d2ebd2fe811ac413a7ee734
+# STYLE: Remove trailing whitespaces
+87fdbddba738f033add2882feebd50d3c43fa48a
diff --git a/scripts/check_filenames.sh b/scripts/check_filenames.sh
index 69833251b..4169a0fdf 100755
--- a/scripts/check_filenames.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_filenames.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ unexpected_files=$(find . -mindepth 1 \( -type d \( \
   -path ./scripts \
 \) -o -type f \( \
   -name .pre-commit-config.yaml -o \
+  -name .git-blame-ignore-revs  -o \
   -name README.md -o \
   -name "*.s4ext" \
 \)  \)  -prune -o -print)