diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e59919c42f3584..6899818c96cae6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,7 +26,3 @@ yarn-error.log
 
 # rollup-test output
 /modules/rollup-test/dist/
-
-# angular.io
-/aio/src/content/docs
-/aio/dist
diff --git a/aio/.gitignore b/aio/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0f522e8c8718ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Ignore node_modules
+node_modules
+
+# Ignore npm/yarn debug log
+npm-debug.log
+yarn-error.log
+
+# Ignore generated content
+/dist
+/src/content/docs
+/.sass-cache