diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8118ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Nix build artifacts
+result
+result-*
+
+# direnv
+.direnv/
+
+# editor / OS cruft
+*.swp
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/result b/result
deleted file mode 120000
index df23d83..0000000
--- a/result
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/nix/store/kldv63c3f6aqvk95rbwp7jf9ms7qjbb9-home-manager-generation
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/result-activation b/result-activation
deleted file mode 120000
index 8f2f5d8..0000000
--- a/result-activation
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/nix/store/z1w7hmcjbxlj4zif3lwb8ifkn66rjy60-home-manager-generation
\ No newline at end of file