diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 60ce4b66d28d3f142abee00425cc53e98dc572f9..959ecc6c5ccb0c684e815d98e6deb24bc23df356 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 \.DS_Store
+\.history
diff --git a/projects/.dockerignore b/projects/.dockerignore
index 124498b8ecfe8b21ce34737fbdcec587ba73a532..16fa8f992102d0f97e3109cd038748ba7b03bed5 100644
--- a/projects/.dockerignore
+++ b/projects/.dockerignore
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@
 # Exclude any "test*" directories & files in the individual project directories.
 # Test data is not part of the Docker image. If needed, mount at run time.
 **/test*
+
+# Exclude history files from interactive Docker container sessions
+\.history
\ No newline at end of file