diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+## OSX artifacts
+.DS_Store
+
+## Dear ImGui artifacts
+imgui.ini
+
+## General build artifacts
+*.o
+*.obj
+*.exe
+examples/build/*
+examples/*/Debug/*
+examples/*/Release/*
+examples/*/x64/*
+
+## Visual Studio artifacts
+.vs
+ipch
+*.opensdf
+*.log
+*.pdb
+*.ilk
+*.user
+*.sdf
+*.suo
+*.VC.db
+*.VC.VC.opendb
+
+## Xcode artifacts
+project.xcworkspace
+xcuserdata
+
+## Emscripten artifacts
+examples/*.o.tmp
+examples/*.out.js
+examples/*.out.wasm
+examples/example_emscripten/example_emscripten.*
+
+## JetBrains IDE artifacts
+.idea
+cmake-build-*
+
+## Unix executables from our example Makefiles
+examples/example_glfw_opengl2/example_glfw_opengl2
+examples/example_glfw_opengl3/example_glfw_opengl3
+examples/example_glut_opengl2/example_glut_opengl2
+examples/example_null/example_null
+examples/example_sdl_opengl2/example_sdl_opengl2
+examples/example_sdl_opengl3/example_sdl_opengl3
diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
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-build/*
-*/Debug/*
-*/Release/*
-*/x64/*
-*.o
-*.obj
-*.exe
-
-## Visual Studio cruft
-.vs/*
-*/ipch/*
-*.opensdf
-*.log
-*.pdb
-*.ilk
-*.user
-*.sdf
-*.suo
-*.VC.db
-*.VC.VC.opendb
-
-## Xcode cruft
-.DS_Store
-project.xcworkspace
-xcuserdata
-
-## Emscripten output
-*.o.tmp
-*.out.js
-*.out.wasm
-example_emscripten/example_emscripten.*
-
-## Unix executables
-example_glfw_opengl2/example_glfw_opengl2
-example_glfw_opengl3/example_glfw_opengl3
-example_glut_opengl2/example_glut_opengl2
-example_null/example_null
-example_sdl_opengl2/example_sdl_opengl2
-example_sdl_opengl3/example_sdl_opengl3
-
-## Dear ImGui Ini files
-imgui.ini
-
-## JetBrains IDEs
-.idea
-cmake-build-*