diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11ed7ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Global excludes across all subdirectories
+*.o
+*.so
diff --git a/bin/.gitignore b/bin/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..712a405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/.deps/
+/pg_reorg
diff --git a/lib/.gitignore b/lib/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0856a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/.deps/
+/pg_reorg.sql