diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e9181a2388d7c6ea253a6f3a734266752ff7e80..328436e76c062ca473b4893266395ad143c108d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-_site #ignore the folder _site as it will be created by the CI pipeline
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+_site #ignore the folder _site (produced when working locally). This folder will be re-created by the CI pipeline and will become an artifact
\ No newline at end of file