diff --git a/.config/git/skel/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.config/git/skel/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 267ddd6043681cdf7d5fea9193596cb8b2471ccf..683884552098df240a07938e9be3d3c3e9b55b0e 100644
--- a/.config/git/skel/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.config/git/skel/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ repos:
       - id: detect-private-key
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: trailing-whitespace
+        exclude: \.diff$
 
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell.git
     rev: v2.1.0