diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..135f692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright The Notary Project Authors.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# VS Code
+.vscode
+
+# Custom
+bin/
+vendor/
+test/e2e/bin/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1c78062..3d94e22 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ clean:
 .PHONY: check-line-endings
 check-line-endings: ## check line endings
 	! find . -name "*.go" -type f -exec file "{}" ";" | grep CRLF
-	! find scripts -name "*.sh" -type f -exec file "{}" ";" | grep CRLF
 
 .PHONY: fix-line-endings
 fix-line-endings: ## fix line endings
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e02d0b3..b32867d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Please visit [README](https://github.com/notaryproject/.github/blob/main/README.
 ## Table of Contents
 
 - [Documentation](#documentation)
+- [Example Plugins](#example-plugins)
 - [Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct)
 - [License](#license)
 
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ Please visit [README](https://github.com/notaryproject/.github/blob/main/README.
 
 Library documentation is available at [Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/notaryproject/notation-plugin-framework-go).
 
+## Example Plugins
+
+- [Signature generator](example/signaturegenerator/)
+- [Envelope generator](example/envelopegenerator/)
+
 ## Code of Conduct
 
 This project has adopted the [CNCF Code of Conduct](https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md). See [CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for further details.
diff --git a/example/envelopegenerator/go.work b/example/envelopegenerator/go.work
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e9c99d..0000000
--- a/example/envelopegenerator/go.work
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The Notary Project Authors.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-go 1.20
-
-use ./../..
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/go.mod b/example/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce9c62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module github.com/notaryproject/notation-plugin-framework-go/example
+
+go 1.20
+
+require github.com/notaryproject/notation-plugin-framework-go v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+
+replace github.com/notaryproject/notation-plugin-framework-go => ../
diff --git a/example/signaturegenerator/go.work b/example/signaturegenerator/go.work
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e9c99d..0000000
--- a/example/signaturegenerator/go.work
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The Notary Project Authors.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-go 1.20
-
-use ./../..
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/run.sh b/test/e2e/run.sh
index b380f0c..71348c3 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run.sh
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ done
 # run e2e tests
 echo "running e2e tests..."
 echo "=============================="
-go test -race -v ./... -args -env_gen_plugin="./bin/${plugin_directories[0]}/$PLUGIN_NAME" - sig_gen_plugin="./bin/${plugin_directories[1]}/$PLUGIN_NAME"
+go test -race -v ./... -args -env_gen_plugin="./bin/${plugin_directories[0]}/$PLUGIN_NAME" -sig_gen_plugin="./bin/${plugin_directories[1]}/$PLUGIN_NAME"