diff --git a/src/Command/RemoveIgnoredFilesCommand.php b/src/Command/RemoveIgnoredFilesCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07728db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Command/RemoveIgnoredFilesCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Command;
+
+use App\DataTransferObject\ConfigDto;
+use App\DataTransferObject\TemplateFile;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Twig\Environment;
+
+final class RemoveIgnoredFilesCommand
+{
+    public function __construct(private array $filenames)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function execute(array $filesToGenerateAndConfigurationData, \Closure $next)
+    {
+        /**
+         * @var Collection<int,TemplateFile> $filesToGenerate
+         * @var ConfigDto $configurationDataDto,
+         * @var array<non-empty-string,mixed> $configurationData
+         */
+        [$configurationData, $configurationDataDto, $filesToGenerate] = $filesToGenerateAndConfigurationData;
+
+        $filesToGenerate = $filesToGenerate->filter(function (TemplateFile $templateFile): bool {
+            return !collect($this->filenames)->contains($templateFile->name);
+        });
+
+        return $next([$configurationData, $configurationDataDto, $filesToGenerate]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Console/Command/GenerateCommand.php b/src/Console/Command/GenerateCommand.php
index 5d4dc3f..884405a 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/GenerateCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/GenerateCommand.php
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ use App\Command\CreateFinalConfigurationDataCommand;
 use App\Command\CreateListOfFilesToGenerateCommand;
 use App\Command\FindBuildConfigurationFileCommand;
 use App\Command\GenerateConfigurationFilesCommand;
+use App\Command\RemoveIgnoredFilesCommand;
 use App\Command\ValidateConfigurationDataCommand;
 use App\DataTransferObject\ConfigDto;
 use App\DataTransferObject\TemplateFile;
+use App\IgnoreFile;
 use Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Attribute\AsCommand;
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ class GenerateCommand extends Command
             new CreateFinalConfigurationDataCommand(),
             new ValidateConfigurationDataCommand(),
             new CreateListOfFilesToGenerateCommand(),
+            new RemoveIgnoredFilesCommand(IgnoreFile::parse()),
             new GenerateConfigurationFilesCommand(
                 $this->filesystem,
                 $this->twig,
diff --git a/src/IgnoreFile.php b/src/IgnoreFile.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30ff2e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/IgnoreFile.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App;
+
+final class IgnoreFile
+{
+    public const FILENAME = '.bcignore';
+
+    public static function parse(): array
+    {
+        if (@stat(self::FILENAME) === false) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        return explode("\n", file_get_contents(self::FILENAME));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Kernel/Command/RemoveIgnoredFilesCommandTest.php b/tests/Kernel/Command/RemoveIgnoredFilesCommandTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edd4a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Kernel/Command/RemoveIgnoredFilesCommandTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Command\RemoveIgnoredFilesCommand;
+use App\DataTransferObject\TemplateFile;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Test\KernelTestCase;
+
+class RemoveIgnoredFilesCommandTest extends KernelTestCase
+{
+    public function test_it_removes_any_ignored_files(): void
+    {
+        $filenamesToGenerate = collect([
+            new TemplateFile(data: '', name: 'phpcs.xml.dist'),
+            new TemplateFile(data: '', name: 'phpstan.neon.dist'),
+        ]);
+
+        $filenamesToIgnore = ['phpstan.neon.dist'];
+
+        $command = new RemoveIgnoredFilesCommand($filenamesToIgnore);
+
+        $command->execute([[], [], $filenamesToGenerate], function ($result) {
+            self::assertCount(1, $result[2]);
+            self::assertSame('phpcs.xml.dist', $result[2][0]->name);
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Kernel/IgnoreFileTest.php b/tests/Kernel/IgnoreFileTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a85329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Kernel/IgnoreFileTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\IgnoreFile;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Test\KernelTestCase;
+
+class IgnoreFileTest extends KernelTestCase
+{
+    public function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        @unlink(IgnoreFile::FILENAME);
+
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_parses_a_list_of_file_names_from_an_ignore_file(): void
+    {
+        file_put_contents(IgnoreFile::FILENAME, join("\n", ['phpstan.neon.dist']));
+
+        self::assertSame(['phpstan.neon.dist'], IgnoreFile::parse());
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_returns_an_empty_array_of_filenames_if_there_is_no_ignore_file(): void
+    {
+        self::assertSame([], IgnoreFile::parse());
+    }
+}