diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b646cc402b5efcfee9f5f6e7e606beadaab6e7d0..71c381b920765ef7b294d4f116710f4a9d272b81 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .project
 build
+contributing/*.md