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index 814b57cb..ac303961 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ ckp
 tests/samples/matrixMul
 tests/samples/bandwidthTest
 tests/samples/nbody
+*.code-workspace
+
 
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 cpu/cpu_rpc_prot_svc_mod.c
diff --git a/tests/samples/.gitignore b/tests/samples/.gitignore
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index 00000000..64e04dc5
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+cudnn-samples
+samples-bin
+samples