diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a1035399..00000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.local
diff --git a/.local/.gitignore b/.local/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8795a9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CurrentVersionSHA
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.local/mc_releasetag b/.local/mc_releasetag
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ff6eb78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/mc_releasetag
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PreRelease
\ No newline at end of file