diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 664c487..cd38b95 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.nogit/
 node_modules/
 test/
 pages/
diff --git a/docs/structure.md b/docs/structure.md
index bf486a5..95319c7 100644
--- a/docs/structure.md
+++ b/docs/structure.md
@@ -2,4 +2,21 @@
 name: npmts project structure
 description: how npmts projects are structured
 ---
-# npmts - Project Structure
\ No newline at end of file
+# npmts - Project Structure
+
+**locally**
+
+```text
+projectroot
+|- .nogit/           # contains files that should not be checked into git - NOgit
+|- dist/             # contains compiled js files and their corresponding typings - git
+|- node_modules/     # contains the installed node modules - NOgit
+|- test/             # contains the test files - git
+|- ts/               # contains the source TypeScript files - git 
+|
+|- .gitignore        # the normal gitignore file
+|- .gitlab-ci.yml    # the gitlab ci yml file
+|- npmextra.json     # npmextra.json
+```
+
+**in git**