4 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c5fca3..a0dc500 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 !/README.md
 !/config.org
 !/abbrev_defs
+!/reset
+!/build
 !/name-dictionary.el
 !/docs/
 !/docs/plans/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3578547..3f0cce0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,12 +125,25 @@ To regenerate the generated files from the repo root:
 emacs --batch -Q --eval '(progn (require (quote ob-tangle)) (org-babel-tangle-file "config.org"))'
 ```
 
+Or use the helper script:
+
+```sh
+./build
+```
+
 To verify that the generated main config still loads:
 
 ```sh
 emacs --batch -Q --load ./init.el
 ```
 
+To remove generated startup files and common working directories from the repo
+root:
+
+```sh
+./reset
+```
+
 ## Workflow
 
 ### MOC
diff --git a/build b/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f2b95a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+exec emacs --batch -Q \
+  --eval '(progn (require (quote ob-tangle)) (org-babel-tangle-file "config.org"))'
diff --git a/reset b/reset
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ce49b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reset
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+rm -f init.el early-init.el
+rm -rf auto-save-list eln-cache elpa