diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..b5e1898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.a
+*.o
+*.pb.cc
+*.pb.h
+.deps
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+
+/INSTALL
+/aclocal.m4
+/autom4te.cache
+/config.h
+/config.h.in
+/config.log
+/config.status
+/configure
+/depcomp
+/install-sh
+/missing
+/mosh-*.tar.gz
+/stamp-h1
diff --git a/src/examples/.gitignore b/src/examples/.gitignore
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index 0000000..643f6af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/decrypt
+/encrypt
+/ntester
+/parse
+/termemu
diff --git a/src/frontend/.gitignore b/src/frontend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70fb68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/mosh-client
+/mosh-server