diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3f69c2c..6fc0e56 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,11 @@
 *.pyc
 __pycache__/
 .DS_Store
+
+# workspace/ is where task setup scripts write scratch files for whatever question you're
+# currently drilling - regenerated (and wiped) every time that question is re-seeded, so it
+# doesn't belong in the repo. q03 and q21 are the two exceptions already tracked as seed
+# templates.
+/workspace/*
+!/workspace/q03
+!/workspace/q21