diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da20d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/.gitattributes export-ignore
+/.github/workflows/ export-ignore
+/.gitignore export-ignore
+/examples/ export-ignore
+/phpunit.xml.dist export-ignore
+/phpunit.xml.legacy export-ignore
+/tests/ export-ignore
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1c4efe7..2c7ae13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ Let's take these projects to the next level together! 🚀
 ## Quickstart example
 
 ```php
-use Clue\Redis\Protocol;
+<?php
 
-$factory = new Protocol\Factory();
+require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$factory = new Clue\Redis\Protocol\Factory();
 $parser = $factory->createResponseParser();
 $serializer = $factory->createSerializer();
 
@@ -63,6 +65,8 @@ var_dump($reply1->getValueNative()); // string(2) "OK"
 var_dump($reply2->getValueNative()); // string(5) "value"
 ```
 
+See also the [examples](examples/).
+
 ## Usage
 
 ### Factory
diff --git a/example/client.php b/examples/client.php
similarity index 91%
rename from example/client.php
rename to examples/client.php
index d1b4428..61b5d8e 100644
--- a/example/client.php
+++ b/examples/client.php
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-use Clue\Redis\Protocol;
-
-$factory = new Protocol\Factory();
+$factory = new Clue\Redis\Protocol\Factory();
 $parser = $factory->createResponseParser();
 $serializer = $factory->createSerializer();
 
diff --git a/example/perf.php b/examples/perf.php
similarity index 89%
rename from example/perf.php
rename to examples/perf.php
index c5ce6a7..8c17eae 100644
--- a/example/perf.php
+++ b/examples/perf.php
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 
-use Clue\Redis\Protocol\ProtocolBuffer;
-use Clue\Redis\Protocol\Factory;
-
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-$factory = new Factory();
+$factory = new Clue\Redis\Protocol\Factory();
 $parser = $factory->createResponseParser();
 $serializer = $factory->createSerializer();