diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89d469c28035679de19d71d860332b8182d0e296..da214e57a3cb40bddeb8e0e2d0b518b3de06f20e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -124,3 +124,4 @@ dmypy.json
 .pyre/
 
 scratch/test-envs/
+scratch/
diff --git a/scratch/.gitkeep b/scratch/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
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