diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f1da1d7e66b683f355b012302c5554a092ccfb89..cd9ea13fba8aea9c1248391d292c3f7cea3677cc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 *.swo
 .DS_Store
 .ipynb_checkpoints
+*.pdf
+*.png
+projects/braidingTightBinding/results/data/zerostate
+projects/braidingTightBinding/results/plots/zerostate
diff --git a/projects/braidingTightBinding/results/.gitkeep b/projects/braidingTightBinding/results/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/projects/braidingTightBinding/results/data/.gitkeep b/projects/braidingTightBinding/results/data/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/projects/braidingTightBinding/results/plots/.gitkeep b/projects/braidingTightBinding/results/plots/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391