diff --git a/templates/nix-flake/.envrc b/templates/nix-flake/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3550a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/nix-flake/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/templates/nix-flake/.gitignore b/templates/nix-flake/.gitignore
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index 0000000..2486a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/nix-flake/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# ignore `nix build` output
+/result
+
+# ignore direnv cache stuff
+/.direnv
+
+# ignore pre-commit hooks as installed by direnv
+/.pre-commit-config.yaml