diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 31daa9c..631eed4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 *.egg*
 *.pyc
-*.placeholder
 .tox
 .testrepository/
+releasenotes/build
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/_static/.placeholder b/releasenotes/source/_static/.placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29