diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c67bb87e5..5937080b8 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -22,11 +22,8 @@ tools/wcswidth/char-props-data.go linguist-generated=true
 tools/unicode_names/names.txt linguist-generated=true
 terminfo/kitty.term* linguist-generated=true
 terminfo/x/* linguist-generated=true
-*_generated.h linguist-generated=true
-*_generated.go linguist-generated=true
-*_generated_test.go linguist-generated=true
-*_generated_test.s linguist-generated=true
-*_generated.s linguist-generated=true
+*_generated.* linguist-generated=true
+*_generated_test.* linguist-generated=true
 
 *.py  text diff=python
 *.m  text diff=objc
diff --git a/rsync-and-build.sh b/rsync-and-build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..864c7dae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rsync-and-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# rsync-and-build.sh
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+#
+# Distributed under terms of the MIT license.
+
+rsync --info=progress2 -a -zz --delete --force --exclude /bypy/b --exclude '*_generated.*' --exclude '*_generated_test.*' --exclude '/docs/_build' --include '/.github' --exclude '/.*' --exclude '/dependencies' --exclude '/tags' --exclude '__pycache__' --exclude '/kitty/launcher/kitt*' --exclude '/build' --exclude '/dist' --exclude '*.swp' --exclude '*.swo' --exclude '*.so' --exclude '*.dylib' --exclude '*.dSYM' "$BUILDBOT" . && exec ./dev.sh build "$@"