diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ docker-compose.override.yml
 
 /config/migrations/private-data/*
 /config/migrations/local/*
+/config/migrations-triggering-indexing/local/*
 
 /config/proxy/nginx.htpasswd
 
diff --git a/config/migrations-triggering-indexing/local/.gitkeep b/config/migrations-triggering-indexing/local/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/config/migrations-triggering-indexing/local/README.md b/config/migrations-triggering-indexing/local/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bf75c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/migrations-triggering-indexing/local/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Motivation
+
+This folder is designed to contain migration files specific to a specific deployed instance of the app. These files will be ignored by git. The typical use case for this folder includes migrations containing sensitive data or those related to a re-sync of consumers. Migrations that should be applied to all instances of the app should be stored outside of this folder, but within the 'migrations-triggering-indexing' folder.