diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+CMakeLists.txt.user
+CMakeCache.txt
+CMakeFiles
+CMakeScripts
+Testing
+Makefile
+cmake_install.cmake
+install_manifest.txt
+compile_commands.json
+CTestTestfile.cmake
+_deps
+build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24.2)
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+
+project (cppchallenge)
+set (CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "build")
+file(GLOB SOURCES "src/*.cpp")
+add_executable(cppchallenge ${SOURCES})
diff --git a/src/cppchallenge.cpp b/src/cppchallenge.cpp
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+++ b/src/cppchallenge.cpp
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+#include<iostream>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
+   std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl;
+   return 0;
+}
+
+//  vim: set ts=4 expandtab :