diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..839c99281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# .git-blame-ignore-revs
+
+# chore: add trailing comma lint rule (https://github.com/shapeshift/lib/pull/975)
+505516c23b582ff1cd2d684b6c84a117157e3423
diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8f8c113c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[blame]
+  ignoreRevsFile = .git-blame-ignore-revs
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 659c477ae..d5ebc50f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "version:patch": "lerna version patch --yes --no-git-tag-version --no-push",
     "version:minor": "lerna version minor --yes --no-git-tag-version --no-push",
     "version:major": "lerna version major --yes --no-git-tag-version --no-push",
-    "postinstall": "patch-package"
+    "postinstall": "./scripts/postinstall.sh"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@commitlint/cli": "^13.1.0",
diff --git a/scripts/postinstall.sh b/scripts/postinstall.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..32b6e7695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/postinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Add libs's git config to the local path in an idempotent way
+git config --local include.path '../.gitconfig'
+
+yarn patch-package