diff --git a/packages/base/any/kernels/archives/.gitignore b/packages/base/any/kernels/archives/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5624b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/base/any/kernels/archives/.gitignore
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+*.tar.xz