diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Ignore build directory
+build*/
+
+# Ignore shared directories
+shared-*/
+
+# Some log files from scripts
+*.log
+
+# device type manifest stuff
+/node_modules
+*.json
+
+# dynamically created by the build script
+conf-notes.txt