diff --git a/.github/workflows/addDocsToS3BucketAWS.yml b/.github/workflows/addDocsToS3BucketAWS.yml
index 0ab61b4fe..82e4bf23e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/addDocsToS3BucketAWS.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/addDocsToS3BucketAWS.yml
@@ -44,3 +44,11 @@ jobs:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
           AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: cn-northwest-1
+
+      - name: Create cloudfront invalidation
+        run: |
+          aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id ${{ secrets.DOCS_DISTRIBUTION_ID }} --paths /
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: cn-northwest-1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b06b2434b..d88baf61a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -112,3 +112,6 @@ cache/
 .DS_Store
 
 *~
+
+# editor and IDE paraphernalia
+.idea