diff --git a/codex-rs/utils/git/src/ghost_commits.rs b/codex-rs/utils/git/src/ghost_commits.rs
index 6a3eec489..8544525f0 100644
--- a/codex-rs/utils/git/src/ghost_commits.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/utils/git/src/ghost_commits.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const DEFAULT_IGNORED_DIR_NAMES: &[&str] = &[
     ".mypy_cache",
     ".cache",
     ".tox",
+    "__pycache__",
 ];
 
 /// Options to control ghost commit creation.