diff --git a/polsevev_dev_backend/.gitignore b/polsevev_dev_backend/.gitignore
index bb68a34..ada8be9 100644
--- a/polsevev_dev_backend/.gitignore
+++ b/polsevev_dev_backend/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,14 @@
-./target
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+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+debug/
+target/
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
+# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
+Cargo.lock
+
+# 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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