diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..616798c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.info binary
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e1d8da2..89a5a08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ config.h.in
 config.log
 config.status
 src/*.o
-src/*.c~
-src/*.h~
+src/*.exe
 src/mboxgrep
 src/.deps/
 src/stamp-h1
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ compile
 depcomp
 install-sh
 missing
-src/mboxgrep.exe
-configure~
 .gitignore
 .vscode/*
+*~