diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b552fa..19e555c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 .hugo_build.lock
+# As for the go.{mod,sum} files, I want them nearly empty
+# in the repo but don't track changes so I did this:
+# git update-index --assume-unchanged go.mod
+# git update-index --assume-unchanged go.sum
 resources
 public
 go.mod
 go.sum
 man
 *.bak
+gmid.*