diff --git a/.ecrc b/.ecrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d4fcd0d211d63bf52bea0e3aa1fa4c3c14ffa265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ecrc
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+{
+  "Exclude": ["docs/_build"]
+}