diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..594294c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.a
+*.cache
+*.o
+.deps
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+build-aux
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.status
+configure
+fuse-overlayfs
+lib/.deps
+lib/Makefile
+lib/Makefile.in
+lib/limits.h
+lib/sys/types.h
+stamp-h1