diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..334a88e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/_build/
+/amalgamation/
+/main.c
+/miniz_export.h
+/miniz_tester
+/example*
+/test*/
+/test.out