diff --git a/tests/simple-repo/.gitignore b/tests/simple-repo/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b39b857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/simple-repo/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+datefile
+touchfile
diff --git a/tests/simple-repo/Makefile b/tests/simple-repo/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0e0dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/simple-repo/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+date:
+	date > datefile
+
+touch:
+	touch touchfile