diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ba24902b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# ignore autogenerated files
+autover.h
+cfg.tab.c
+cfg.tab.h
+lex.yy.c
+librpath.lst
+makecfg.lst
+config.mak
+modules.lst
+# ignore dependency files
+*.d
+# ignore binary files and objects
+/ser
+/kamailio
+/src/kamailio
+*.so
+*.so.*
+*.o
+*.a
+# archives
+*.tar.gz
+*.tar.xz
+*.deb
+*.rpm
+# tags
+tags
+TAGS
+.tags*
+# vi swaps
+.*.swp
+.*.swo
+# various other binaries
+test/udp_flood
+utils/gen_ha1/gen_ha1
+utils/kamcmd/kamcmd
+utils/sercmd/sercmd
+utils/sercmd/kamcmd
+misc/tools/protoshoot/protoshoot
+# Emacs backup files
+*~
+# Emacs file locks
+.#*
+# Emacs desktop files
+.emacs.desktop*
+# MacOSX auto-generated files
+libiname.lst
+*.dylib
+.DS_Store
+# man pages
+*.7
+# vscode tmp files
+.vscode
+# compiling tools files
+.clangd
+compile_commands.json
diff --git a/src/core/autover.h b/src/core/autover.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b78c89b09..000000000
--- a/src/core/autover.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/* this file is autogenerated by make core/autover.h
- * DO NOT EDIT IT
- */
-
-#define REPO_VER "54a9c1"
-#define REPO_HASH "54a9c1"
-#define REPO_STATE ""