diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e4de44c7..bb8b17ac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /ccache
 /downloads
 /buildroot
-/release/*
-/logs/*
+/release/*.img
+/release/*.xz
+/logs/*.txt
diff --git a/logs/.empty b/logs/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/release/.empty b/release/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b