diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3f56bbb..7085ca8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 .vscode/
 Manifest.toml
 benchmark/*.json
+dev/
 docs/LocalPreferences.toml
 docs/Manifest.toml
 docs/build/
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index acf13f5..ba1a77a 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "ITensorPkgSkeleton"
 uuid = "3d388ab1-018a-49f4-ae50-18094d5f71ea"
 authors = ["ITensor developers <support@itensor.org> and contributors"]
-version = "0.3.16"
+version = "0.3.17"
 
 [deps]
 DocStringExtensions = "ffbed154-4ef7-542d-bbb7-c09d3a79fcae"
diff --git a/templates/gitignore/.gitignore b/templates/gitignore/.gitignore
index 10593a9..7085ca8 100644
--- a/templates/gitignore/.gitignore
+++ b/templates/gitignore/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 .vscode/
 Manifest.toml
 benchmark/*.json
+dev/
+docs/LocalPreferences.toml
 docs/Manifest.toml
 docs/build/
 docs/src/index.md
+examples/LocalPreferences.toml
+test/LocalPreferences.toml