diff --git a/obj/.gitignore b/obj/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e7d2734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obj/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/obj/placeholder b/obj/placeholder
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000