diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 25d07db1c..1e184a385 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
 private/
 .replit
 replit.nix
+erl_crash.dump
+# content/ is generated by the export script; only keep the placeholder
+content/*
+!content/.gitkeep