diff --git a/compiler/.gitignore b/compiler/.gitignore
index d0eb80d35c..578989b2d7 100644
--- a/compiler/.gitignore
+++ b/compiler/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
 .DS_Store
 .spr.yml
+
+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+debug/
+target/
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
+*.pdb
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