diff --git a/scripts/git.orderfile b/scripts/git.orderfile
index e897909..1f747b5 100644
--- a/scripts/git.orderfile
+++ b/scripts/git.orderfile
@@ -25,5 +25,8 @@
 # headers
 *.h
 
+# decoding tree specification
+*.decode
+
 # code
 *.c