diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81d3ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.diff
+*.patch
+*.orig
+*.rej
+
+*~
+*.a
+*.lo
+*.o
+*.dylib
+
+/example
+/example64
+/examplesh
+/libz.so*
+/minigzip
+/minigzip64
+/minigzipsh
+/zlib.pc