diff --git a/examples/c/reccalc/.gitignore b/examples/c/reccalc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebb52741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c/reccalc/.gitignore
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+/scan.c
+/scan.h