diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d7d7557..dd17025 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 *.pdf
 # but keep the pdfs in the "assets" folder
 !assets/*
+
+# finally - allow the main.pdf to be commited for completeness
+!main.pdf
+
diff --git a/main.pdf b/main.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76820a2
Binary files /dev/null and b/main.pdf differ