diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 187988b..7f44620 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # custom files
-/custom
+/custom/*
 !/custom/gitkeep
 !/custom/plugins/example
 !/custom/example.sh
 
 # temp files directories
-/cache
-/log
+/cache/*
+/log/*
 !/cache/.gitkeep
 !/log/.gitkeep
 
diff --git a/cache/.gitkeep b/cache/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/custom/example.sh b/custom/example.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8414849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/example.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# You can put files here to add functionality separated per file, which
+# will be ignored by git.
+# Files on the custom/ directory will be automatically loaded by the init
+# script, in alphabetical order.
+
+# For example: add yourself some shortcuts to projects you often work on.
+#
+# brainstormr=~/workspace/projects/m2/brainstormr
+# cd $brainstormr
+#
diff --git a/log/.gitkeep b/log/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29