diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e1ed101a4d37542ecc42323441c8481fe2c95f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.o
+*.lo
+*.a.*
+/66-all
+/66-dbctl
+/66-disable
+/66-enable
+/66-info
+/66-init
+/66-scandir
+/66-start
+/66-stop
+/66-svctl
+/66-tree
+/config.mak
+/execl-cmdline
+/66-envfile
+/src/include/66/config.h