diff --git a/.changeset/witty-squids-fetch.md b/.changeset/witty-squids-fetch.md
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+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Added to the template `packages/app/.eslintignore` file to packages to ignore the contents of `packages/app/public`.
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/.eslintignore b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/.eslintignore
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+public