diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/repo_operations.py b/sdk/python/feast/repo_operations.py
index 274a0af02b..05a7d05e23 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/repo_operations.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/repo_operations.py
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ def get_repo_files(repo_root: Path) -> List[Path]:
     # Read ignore paths from .feastignore and create a set of all files that match any of these paths
     ignore_paths = read_feastignore(repo_root)
     ignore_files = get_ignore_files(repo_root, ignore_paths)
+    ignore_paths += [
+        ".git",
+        ".feastignore",
+        ".venv",
+        ".pytest_cache",
+        "__pycache__",
+        ".ipynb_checkpoints",
+    ]
 
     # List all Python files in the root directory (recursively)
     repo_files = {
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/unit/infra/scaffolding/test_repo_operations.py b/sdk/python/tests/unit/infra/scaffolding/test_repo_operations.py
index 70c8b05c2e..aa4ff1c40f 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/unit/infra/scaffolding/test_repo_operations.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/unit/infra/scaffolding/test_repo_operations.py
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ def feature_repo(feastignore_contents: Optional[str]):
         repo_root = Path(tmp_dir)
         (repo_root / "foo").mkdir()
         (repo_root / "foo1").mkdir()
+        (repo_root / ".ipynb_checkpoints/").mkdir()
         (repo_root / "foo1/bar").mkdir()
         (repo_root / "bar").mkdir()
         (repo_root / "bar/subdir1").mkdir()
         (repo_root / "bar/subdir1/subdir2").mkdir()
 
         (repo_root / "a.py").touch()
+        (repo_root / ".ipynb_checkpoints/test-checkpoint.ipynb").touch()
         (repo_root / "foo/b.py").touch()
         (repo_root / "foo1/c.py").touch()
         (repo_root / "foo1/bar/d.py").touch()