diff --git a/htdocs/custom/.gitignore b/htdocs/custom/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fee9c05b885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htdocs/custom/.gitignore
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+/*
+!.gitignore
+!README.md
+!index.html
+
diff --git a/htdocs/custom/index.html b/htdocs/custom/index.html
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index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d