diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/__dot__gitignore b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/__dot__gitignore
index 85158b7a442a..47765ada9d86 100755
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/__dot__gitignore
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/__dot__gitignore
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ speed-measure-plugin.json
 !.vscode/tasks.json
 !.vscode/launch.json
 !.vscode/extensions.json
+.history/*
 
 # misc
 /.sass-cache