diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
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index 0000000..8ae727f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
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+libtrexio.so
+trexio_f.o
+
+test_c
+test_f
+
+*.h5
+*/
+