diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d085775b76..efec6b54f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ doxygen/
 CMakeCache.txt
 CMakeFiles/
 version.txt
+Testing/
 
 src/stamp-h1
 src/t8_config.h
diff --git a/pull_request_template.md b/pull_request_template.md
index de9763105b..933d64e50a 100644
--- a/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/pull_request_template.md
@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@ As a reviewer please read through all the code lines and make sure that the code
 #### License
 
 - [ ] The author added a BSD statement to `doc/` (or already has one)
+
+#### Tag Label
+
+- [ ] The author added the patch/minor/major label in accordance to semantic versioning.