diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 94548af..ff18ff3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# DO NOT CHANGE THIS 
+# All files are ignored to prevent students/JupyterLab git
+# extension from accidentally staging things and breaking nbgitpuller
+
 *
 */
 !.gitignore