diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 861fb3f4..d17f12a1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,20 @@
 
 # Ignore .pem files
 #*.pem
+
+# exclude the notes
+*Notes*
+*notes*
+*.sw?
+.idea
+terragrunt.iml
+vendor
+.terraform
+.vscode
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.backup
+*.out
+.terragrunt-cache
+.bundle
+.ruby-version
+.terraform.lock.hcl
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