diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36ba2606..95412dc4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -394,3 +394,7 @@ version.txt
 
 *.Tests.xml
 *.Tests.htm*
+
+# we dont want to allow any local nuget.configs to be checked in as they can cause issues with the build and/or contain hardcoded API keys with write access to the
+# nuget feed and this is something we definitely want to avoid at all costs for obvious reasons    such nuget.config files should be remain local to each dev machine
+[Nn][Uu][Gg][Ee][Tt].[Cc][Oo][Nn][Ff][Ii][Gg]