diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0022854fd..d1c6010f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 ._.DS_Store
 .auth.json
 .info.json
+.orig
+.prev
+.submit.sh
+.txz
 .*.s[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]
 .s[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]
 .tmp.*
diff --git a/template/Makefile.year b/template/Makefile.year
index b0ac697b2..dcf9771ac 100644
--- a/template/Makefile.year
+++ b/template/Makefile.year
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ include ../var.mk
 # IOCCC entries
 ###############
 
+# BEGIN - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE - make new_entry uses this line #
 ENTRIES= submit.[0-9]*
+# BEGIN - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE - make new_entry uses this line #
 
 YEAR= %%YEAR%%