diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f8bb17..85abc67 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 ##
 ## Get latest from https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/VisualStudio.gitignore
 
-/HWIL_Assistant/src/CommonLib/
+HWIL_Assistant/src/CommonLib/**
+!HWIL_Assistant/src/CommonLib/readme.txt
+
 
 # User-specific files
 *.rsuser
diff --git a/HWIL_Assistant/src/CommonLib/readme.txt b/HWIL_Assistant/src/CommonLib/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5889c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HWIL_Assistant/src/CommonLib/readme.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drop the common library code in here
\ No newline at end of file