diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3864e8788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/cli
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
index f7ee79b9a..d1b39181a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
                 # # Remove unused imports and missing file references
                 # echo "Running ESLint to remove unused imports..."
                 # npm install eslint -g
-                # eslint . --fix
+                eslint . --fix --ignore-path .eslintignore
 
                 # echo "Running autoflake to remove unused imports..."
                 # pip install autoflake