From f1a4d0817feded31b8f5c1081d1759eba47a9486 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Clement <jeffrey.clement@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:32:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] tweaks

---
 .gitignore | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 README.md  |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0f193e2..f4ae7e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,43 @@
-# Database Snapshots go here.  
-.snapshots
+# Always ignore .env
+.env
+
+# And ignore our database snapshots folder
+/.snapshots/
+
+# The directory Mix will write compiled artifacts to.
+/_build/
+
+# If you run "mix test --cover", coverage assets end up here.
+/cover/
+
+# The directory Mix downloads your dependencies sources to.
+/deps/
+
+# Where 3rd-party dependencies like ExDoc output generated docs.
+/doc/
+
+# Ignore .fetch files in case you like to edit your project deps locally.
+/.fetch
+
+# If the VM crashes, it generates a dump, let's ignore it too.
+erl_crash.dump
+
+# Also ignore archive artifacts (built via "mix archive.build").
+*.ez
+
+# Temporary files, for example, from tests.
+/tmp/
+
+# Ignore package tarball (built via "mix hex.build").
+*.tar
+
+# Ignore assets that are produced by build tools.
+/priv/static/assets/
+
+# Ignore digested assets cache.
+/priv/static/cache_manifest.json
+
+# In case you use Node.js/npm, you want to ignore these.
+npm-debug.log
+/assets/node_modules/
 
-# Never capture environment secrets!
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e5b7f7..0eb1999 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## Initializing a new Phoenix Project
 
+```
+mix archive.install hex phx_new 1.8.0-rc.4 --force
+mix phx.new . --app test_app --no-ecto --live 
+```
+
 ## Initializing a new Ash Project
 
 ```