diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..198198d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# js / ts files
+*.js               text
+*.ts               text
+
+# Config text files
+*.jsonc            text
+*.json             text
+*.yml              text
+.eslintrc          text
+.eslintignore      text
+.gitignore         text
+.gitattributes     text
+.prettierignore    text
+.prettierrc        text
+
+# Standard text files
+*.txt              text
+*.md               text
+*.sh               text eol=lf
+*.bat              text eol=crlf
+LICENSE            text
+
+# Binary files
+*.gif              binary
+*.jpg              binary
+*.png              binary
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 46e9b1b..396f8a3 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ export const config = convict({
     env: "BB_SCRIPTFOLDER",
     arg: "folder",
   },
+  exclude: {
+    doc: "A list of folders or files to exclude from the sync.",
+    format: "Array",
+    default: [".vscode", ".idea", ".github"],
+  },
   quiet: {
     doc: "Log less internal events to stdout.",
     format: "Boolean",
diff --git a/src/fileWatch.ts b/src/fileWatch.ts
index a505560..1dccca9 100644
--- a/src/fileWatch.ts
+++ b/src/fileWatch.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@ import { mkdir } from "fs/promises";
 import { resolve } from "path";
 import type { Signal } from "signal-js";
 import type { File } from "./interfaces";
-
-function fileFilter(file: File) {
-  if (config.get("allowedFiletypes").some((extension) => file.path.endsWith(extension))) return true;
-  if (file.stats.isDirectory()) return true;
-  return false;
-}
+import fs from "node:fs";
 
 function isError(err: unknown): err is NodeJS.ErrnoException {
   return (err as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== undefined;
@@ -26,6 +21,22 @@ export async function setupWatch(signaller: Signal) {
     }
   }
 
+  const excludedPaths = config.get("exclude").map((path) => resolve(path));
+  const excludedFiles = new Set<string>();
+  for (const excludedPath of excludedPaths) {
+    for (const excludedFile of fs.readdirSync(excludedPath)) {
+      excludedFiles.add(excludedFile);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const fileFilter = (file: File) => {
+    // If the file is excluded, skip all other checks and ignore it.
+    if (excludedFiles.has(file.path)) return false;
+    if (config.get("allowedFiletypes").some((extension) => file.path.endsWith(extension))) return true;
+    if (file.stats.isDirectory()) return true;
+    return false;
+  };
+
   const watch = new CheapWatch({
     dir: config.get("scriptsFolder"),
     filter: fileFilter,