diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a4edf69..65b3b7ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
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diff --git a/src/Unittests/.gitignore b/src/Unittests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..868a01f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Unittests/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
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+output.off
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+smoothed_custom_properties_output.off
+smoothed_extended_output.off
+smoothed_output.off
diff --git a/src/Unittests/TestFiles/.gitignore b/src/Unittests/TestFiles/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f6adcfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Unittests/TestFiles/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
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+cube_floating_binary.off
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+meshlab_binary_float.ply
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