diff --git a/dist/cli.js b/dist/cli.js
index 2693423..16a8cd1 100755
--- a/dist/cli.js
+++ b/dist/cli.js
@@ -12830,8 +12830,9 @@ function parseGitDiff(diffOutput) {
   }
   return files;
 }
-function getGitDiff(repoDir, base = GIT.DEFAULT_BASE_REF) {
-  const output = execSync(`git diff ${base}...HEAD -- . ':(exclude)${AUTODOCS_DIR}'`, {
+function getGitDiff(repoDir, base = GIT.DEFAULT_BASE_REF, extraExcludes = []) {
+  const excludes = [AUTODOCS_DIR, ...extraExcludes].map((p) => `':(exclude)${p}'`).join(" ");
+  const output = execSync(`git diff ${base}...HEAD -- . ${excludes}`, {
     cwd: repoDir,
     encoding: UTF8,
     maxBuffer: MAX_DIFF_BYTES
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index e6ccb95..24a9c6e 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -5458,8 +5458,9 @@ function parseGitDiff(diffOutput) {
   }
   return files;
 }
-function getGitDiff(repoDir, base = GIT.DEFAULT_BASE_REF) {
-  const output = execSync(`git diff ${base}...HEAD -- . ':(exclude)${AUTODOCS_DIR}'`, {
+function getGitDiff(repoDir, base = GIT.DEFAULT_BASE_REF, extraExcludes = []) {
+  const excludes = [AUTODOCS_DIR, ...extraExcludes].map((p) => `':(exclude)${p}'`).join(" ");
+  const output = execSync(`git diff ${base}...HEAD -- . ${excludes}`, {
     cwd: repoDir,
     encoding: UTF8,
     maxBuffer: MAX_DIFF_BYTES
diff --git a/src/differ/git-differ.ts b/src/differ/git-differ.ts
index 214a8aa..760d9f6 100644
--- a/src/differ/git-differ.ts
+++ b/src/differ/git-differ.ts
@@ -34,9 +34,15 @@ export function parseGitDiff(diffOutput: string): ChangedFile[] {
   return files
 }
 
-export function getGitDiff(repoDir: string, base = GIT.DEFAULT_BASE_REF): ChangedFile[] {
-  // Exclude the generated index dir so its churn never triggers doc updates.
-  const output = execSync(`git diff ${base}...HEAD -- . ':(exclude)${AUTODOCS_DIR}'`, {
+export function getGitDiff(
+  repoDir: string,
+  base = GIT.DEFAULT_BASE_REF,
+  extraExcludes: string[] = [],
+): ChangedFile[] {
+  const excludes = [AUTODOCS_DIR, ...extraExcludes]
+    .map(p => `':(exclude)${p}'`)
+    .join(' ')
+  const output = execSync(`git diff ${base}...HEAD -- . ${excludes}`, {
     cwd: repoDir,
     encoding: UTF8,
     maxBuffer: MAX_DIFF_BYTES,