diff --git a/Global/SublimeText.gitignore b/Global/SublimeText.gitignore
index aea37e0a..e5bfb723 100644
--- a/Global/SublimeText.gitignore
+++ b/Global/SublimeText.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-# SublimeText project files
+# workspace files are user-specific
 *.sublime-workspace
+
+# project files should be checked into the repository, unless a significant
+# proportion of contributors will probably not be using SublimeText
+# *.sublime-project