diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7969ea3..5533238 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+# TODO: all generated stuff should go inside `build/`
+
 nimcache
 
 .DS_Store
 
 *.exe
 *.swp
-toast
+
+# Note: use absolute paths to refer to a path assumed to be at a fixed dir level
+/toast
+
 inc
-tests
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diff --git a/build/.gitignore b/build/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f72369d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# everything generated should go in this dir
+*
+!/.gitignore
+
diff --git a/nimterop.nimble b/nimterop.nimble
index d72ab8d..082331b 100644
--- a/nimterop.nimble
+++ b/nimterop.nimble
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ installDirs = @["nimterop"]
 
 # Dependencies
 
-requires "nim >= 0.19.0", "regex >= 0.10.0", "cligen >= 0.9.17"
+requires "nim >= 0.19.2", "regex >= 0.10.0", "cligen >= 0.9.17"
 
 proc execCmd(cmd: string) =
-  echo cmd
+  echo "execCmd:" & cmd
   exec cmd
 
 proc tsoloud() =
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ task docs, "Generate docs":
   # Uses: pip install ghp-import
   execCmd "nim doc --project --index:on nimterop/cimport"
   execCmd "nim doc --project --index:on nimterop/git"
-  execCmd "ghp-import --no-jekyll -fp nimterop/htmldocs"
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+  execCmd "ghp-import --no-jekyll -fp nimterop/htmldocs"