diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1daff088453e7..55c66322e494a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ exclude = [
     ".direnv",
     ".eggs",
     ".git",
+    ".git-rewrite",
     ".hg",
     ".mypy_cache",
     ".nox",
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/settings/defaults.rs b/crates/ruff/src/settings/defaults.rs
index d5398ef14953d..99b9bed3f8681 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/settings/defaults.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/settings/defaults.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pub static EXCLUDE: Lazy<Vec<FilePattern>> = Lazy::new(|| {
         FilePattern::Builtin(".direnv"),
         FilePattern::Builtin(".eggs"),
         FilePattern::Builtin(".git"),
+        FilePattern::Builtin(".git-rewrite"),
         FilePattern::Builtin(".hg"),
         FilePattern::Builtin(".mypy_cache"),
         FilePattern::Builtin(".nox"),
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/settings/options.rs b/crates/ruff/src/settings/options.rs
index 44511cc7c75f2..b9248c6eeb7e8 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/settings/options.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/settings/options.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub struct Options {
     /// default expression matches `_`, `__`, and `_var`, but not `_var_`.
     pub dummy_variable_rgx: Option<String>,
     #[option(
-        default = r#"[".bzr", ".direnv", ".eggs", ".git", ".hg", ".mypy_cache", ".nox", ".pants.d", ".pytype", ".ruff_cache", ".svn", ".tox", ".venv", "__pypackages__", "_build", "buck-out", "build", "dist", "node_modules", "venv"]"#,
+        default = r#"[".bzr", ".direnv", ".eggs", ".git", ".git-rewrite", ".hg", ".mypy_cache", ".nox", ".pants.d", ".pytype", ".ruff_cache", ".svn", ".tox", ".venv", "__pypackages__", "_build", "buck-out", "build", "dist", "node_modules", "venv"]"#,
         value_type = "list[str]",
         example = r#"
             exclude = [".venv"]
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index f9ad5e77127b8..545faaecd06c8 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ exclude = [
     ".direnv",
     ".eggs",
     ".git",
+    ".git-rewrite",
     ".hg",
     ".mypy_cache",
     ".nox",
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ extend = "../pyproject.toml"
 line-length = 100
 ```
 
-All of the above rules apply equivalently to `ruff.toml` and `.ruff.toml`  files. If Ruff detects
+All of the above rules apply equivalently to `ruff.toml` and `.ruff.toml` files. If Ruff detects
 multiple configuration files in the same directory, the `.ruff.toml` file will take precedence over
 the `ruff.toml` file, and the `ruff.toml` file will take precedence over the `pyproject.toml` file.