diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f73add..97f8029 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,4 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Intro
 
-blah blah blah
+## Git
+
+Git is available to be used as the version control system for new projects. Select/Deselect within the `scaffold-<PROJECTTYPE>.toml` file.
+
+***Please Note** that if you also use it for your configuration files and sample directories, then a .gitignore file within your sample directory will interfere with git's ability to track your skeletons/templates properly. So, to allow for this, put what you normally would in a .gitignore file into a GITIGNORE file in your sample directory. And scaffold will convert it to a .gitignore file within your newProject directory.
+
+If you are NOT using git to track your project types and samples/skeletons/templates, then no problem, just place a .gitignore file within the sample directory as you would any other file.
diff --git a/data-strings.go b/data-strings.go
index 4e8d311..ac2011c 100644
--- a/data-strings.go
+++ b/data-strings.go
@@ -11,18 +11,32 @@ scaffold go NewGoProject
 scaffold py aPythonProject
 `
 
-var gi_template = `%s
-.env
-*.env
-.env.toml
+// var gi_template = `%s
+// .env
+// *.env
+// .env.toml
 
-cfg/*.toml
-cfg/.env
-cfg/*.env
-cfg/.env*
-*.toml
+// cfg/*.toml
+// cfg/.env
+// cfg/*.env
+// cfg/.env*
+// *.toml
 
-build/
-buildTime.txt
-buildVersion.txt
-`
+// build/
+// buildTime.txt
+// buildVersion.txt
+// `
+
+// var gi_py_template = `%s
+// .env
+// *.env
+// .env.toml
+
+// cfg/*.toml
+// cfg/.env
+// cfg/*.env
+// cfg/.env*
+// *.toml
+
+// bin/
+// `
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 486ff5a..20821a6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -160,15 +160,19 @@ func main() {
 
 	// run init commands
 
-	// make mod file
-	modpath := npsetup.Module_basepath + sep + newProjectName
-	_, err = exec.Command("go", "mod", "init", modpath).Output()
-	ifFerr("go mod init failed", err)
+	switch projType {
+	case "go":
+		// make mod file
+		modpath := npsetup.Module_basepath + sep + newProjectName
+		_, err = exec.Command("go", "mod", "init", modpath).Output()
+		ifFerr("go mod init failed", err)
 
-	// do a mod tidy to update the mod file
-	_, err = exec.Command("go", "mod", "tidy").Output()
-	ifFerr("Unable to update the mod file with a tidy", err)
-	fmt.Println("Updated go.mod")
+		// do a mod tidy to update the mod file
+		_, err = exec.Command("go", "mod", "tidy").Output()
+		ifFerr("Unable to update the mod file with a tidy", err)
+		fmt.Println("Updated go.mod")
+	case "py":
+	}
 
 	// setup git
 	if npsetup.Setup_git {
@@ -179,10 +183,29 @@ func main() {
 		nifd, err := os.Create(".gitignore")
 		ifFerr("Unable to create .gitignore file", err)
 		defer nifd.Close()
-		gi_content := fmt.Sprintf(gi_template, newProjectName)
-		_, err = nifd.WriteString(gi_content)
-		ifFerr("Unable to write .gitignore content", err)
-		fmt.Println("Wrote .gitignore content")
+
+		var gi_content string
+		var gi_in []byte = []byte("bin/")
+
+		gisrc, err := os.Open("GITIGNORE")
+		if err == nil { // assume error means there is no source file
+			gi_in, err = io.ReadAll(gisrc)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("Unable to read GITIGNORE, using default content")
+			}
+			gi_content = fmt.Sprintf("%s\n\n%s", newProjectName, string(gi_in))
+
+			_, err = nifd.WriteString(gi_content)
+			ifFerr("Unable to write .gitignore content", err)
+			fmt.Println("Wrote .gitignore content")
+
+			// remove GITIGNORE
+			err = os.Remove("GITIGNORE")
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("Unable to remove GITIGNORE file")
+			}
+		}
+		defer gisrc.Close()
 
 		// stage files
 		_, err = exec.Command("git", "add", ".").Output()