diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/**/build*/
+/**/subprojects/*/
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
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+++ b/meson.build
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+project(
+  'google-misc',
+  version: '0.1',
+  meson_version: '>=0.53.2',
+  default_options: [
+    'warning_level=3',
+    'werror=true',
+  ])