2 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c8933a3..d10fd4c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@
 /dist
 /MANIFEST
 .gdb_history
-/alot/VERSION
 docs/_build/
diff --git a/alot/VERSION b/alot/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f877d9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alot/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.21-dev