diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 92a7ab44..211de249 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 /output/
 /examples/*/output/
 /out/
+/docs/plugins
 /docs/generated
 /docs/doxyoutput
 /docs/api
diff --git a/docs/plugins/.this_dir_is_git_ignored b/docs/plugins/.this_dir_is_git_ignored
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b