diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e821755095806902b89568ebc6f1e3d9a4c610d3..854d74b45022ef61b72f5f42ee559960a1b32fc7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ testingData
 bin/*
 obj/*
 docs/_build/
-
+src/utils/version/version_git.h
diff --git a/src/utils/BamTools/.gitignore b/src/utils/BamTools/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..349cf4e2afca63e69bd48b203bfe55b3009824e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/BamTools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include
+lib