diff --git a/ .git-blame-ignore-revs b/ .git-blame-ignore-revs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..573f328032c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ .git-blame-ignore-revs	
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Reformatting 2025
+
+eb00e2a471b016a77594851be44ccb3e1655acfe
+
+# Reformatting 2015
+
+c5bcad738fe6e8dfcb62442a426c2778241515a1
+10189bf2c1a6bc506f03461390f3cc46e5cc0651
+16fd6194b9a0b8282259c00b6fb0d4aa494e4b04
+
+# Wrong merge
+
+185d7345946c29a2a4e2726c912be0c4db4810b9
diff --git a/docs/getting-into-the-code/guidelines-for-setting-up-a-local-workspace/pre-03-code.md b/docs/getting-into-the-code/guidelines-for-setting-up-a-local-workspace/pre-03-code.md
index ca25603281e..9a801e1b4ba 100644
--- a/docs/getting-into-the-code/guidelines-for-setting-up-a-local-workspace/pre-03-code.md
+++ b/docs/getting-into-the-code/guidelines-for-setting-up-a-local-workspace/pre-03-code.md
@@ -84,3 +84,13 @@ origin     https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/jabref.git (push)
 upstream     https://github.com/JabRef/jabref.git (fetch)
 upstream     https://github.com/JabRef/jabref.git (push)
 ```
+
+## Have `git blame` working
+
+You need to tell git to ignore some commits when doing `git blame`:
+
+```terminal
+git config --global blame.ignoreRevsFile .git-blame-ignore-revs
+```
+
+<!-- background: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/using-files/viewing-and-understanding-files#ignore-commits-in-the-blame-view -->