diff --git a/assets/.gitignore b/assets/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86d0cb2726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/empty.txt b/assets/empty.txt
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index e69de29bb2..0000000000