diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a7ff2b6a..fb832270 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ hs_err_pid*
 
 
 # ignore the project description file generated by IntelliJ IDEA
+test.md
 .idea
 *.iml
 **/target/