diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 839f1fe06e..8f2b02ead5 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -42,3 +42,6 @@ build:asan --linkopt -fsanitize=address
 #  bazel run @com_google_fuzztest//bazel:setup_configs > fuzztest.bazelrc
 #
 try-import %workspace%/fuzztest.bazelrc
+
+# https://bazel.build/configure/best-practices#bazelrc-file
+try-import %workspace%/user.bazelrc
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b86cddf29..28c177011e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 bazel-*
 .*.sw[a-z]
 __pycache__
+*~
+compile_commands.json
+xls_clang-tidy.out
+user.bazelrc