diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82301b3c36..bf5533a68e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
+bin/
 .metadata/
-.gitignore
 ldm/Debug
 test-bin/
 testbin/
 testBin/
 bin-test/
-bin
-.idea
-*.swp
 *.class
 *.pyo
 *.pyc
 *.o
-*.log
+*.orig
+
diff --git a/build/buildEnvironment.sh b/build/buildEnvironment.sh
index 05b8890bf9..c1130a4ba0 100755
--- a/build/buildEnvironment.sh
+++ b/build/buildEnvironment.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Version
 export AWIPSII_VERSION="17.1.1"
-export AWIPSII_RELEASE="5"
+export AWIPSII_RELEASE="6"
 # Author
 export AWIPSII_BUILD_VENDOR="UCAR"
 export AWIPSII_BUILD_SITE="Unidata"