diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed923e7..3496cf7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
 *.tm.c
 *.tm.h
 *.tm.o
+*.testresult
 /tomo
 /tags
-/test/*
-!/test/*.tm
 /examples
 !/examples/*.tm
 !/examples/*/*.tm
diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..533789b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Tests
+
+This directory contains a suite of tests that showcase and test various
+language features.