diff --git a/PgCodeGen.scala b/PgCodeGen.scala
index 7b3acc9..8dc2df1 100644
--- a/PgCodeGen.scala
+++ b/PgCodeGen.scala
@@ -248,22 +248,13 @@ class PgCodeGen private (
       _ <- Future {
         if debug then println("Running migrations...")
 
-        val sortedFiles = sourceFiles
-          .map(p =>
-            MigrationVersion.fromFileName(p.getFileName().toString()) match
-              case Right(v)  => p -> v
-              case Left(err) => throw Throwable(s"Invalid migration file name: $err")
-          )
-          .sortBy((_, version) => version)
-          .map((path, _) => path)
-
         Zone:
           Using(
             Database(connectionString).either match
               case Left(err) => throw err
               case Right(db) => db
           )(db =>
-            sortedFiles.foreach: path =>
+            sourceFiles.foreach: path =>
               if debug then println(s"Running migration for $path")
               db.execute(Files.readString(path)).either match
                 case Left(err) => throw err
@@ -759,12 +750,19 @@ object PgCodeGen {
     def listMigrationFiles: Future[(List[Path], String)] = Future:
       val digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1")
       val files = listFilesRec(sourceDir.toPath)
-        .map(path =>
-          digest.update(path.toString.getBytes("UTF-8"))
-          if !Files.isDirectory(path) then digest.update(Files.readAllBytes(path))
+        .filter(!Files.isDirectory(_))
+        .map(p =>
+          MigrationVersion.fromFileName(p.getFileName().toString()) match
+            case Right(v)                       => Some(p -> v)
+            case Left(_) if !p.endsWith(".sql") => None // ignore non .sql files
+            case Left(err)                      => throw Throwable(s"Invalid migration file name: $err")
+        )
+        .collect { case Some(v) => v }
+        .sortBy((_, version) => version)
+        .map((path, _) =>
+          digest.update(Files.readAllBytes(path))
           path
         )
-        .filter(!Files.isDirectory(_))
 
       (files, digest.digest().map("%02x".format(_)).mkString)
 
@@ -775,7 +773,13 @@ object PgCodeGen {
     else
       listMigrationFiles.flatMap:
         case (sourceFiles, sha1) =>
+          if debug then println(s"Found ${sourceFiles.length} migration files (SHA1: $sha1)")
+
           val isDivergent = !Files.exists(outDir(sha1))
+
+          if debug && isDivergent then
+            println(s"No generated files found in: ${outDir(sha1).toAbsolutePath().toString()}")
+
           if forceRegeneration || isDivergent then
             for
               _ <-
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 0b1353d..3a5787d 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,24 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
+echo "⏳ running generator again with additional non-sql file and -force=false should not run code generation"
+./$CODEGEN_BIN \
+  -use-docker-image="postgres:17-alpine" \
+  -output-dir=test-generated \
+  -pkg-name=generated \
+  -exclude-tables=unsupported_yet \
+  -source-dir=test/migrations_copy \
+  -force=false
+
+TIMESTAMP_D=$(stat test-generated | grep Modify)
+
+if [ "$TIMESTAMP_B" == "$TIMESTAMP_D" ]; then
+  echo "✅ Code generation with additional non-sql file and -force=false as expected (timestamps are the same)"
+else
+  echo "❌ Error: Code generation with additional non-sql file and -force=false not as expected (timestamps differ)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 echo "⏳ running code generator with provided connection"
 docker run --rm --name codegentest -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres -p 5555:5432 -d postgres:17-alpine
 
diff --git a/test/migrations_copy/R__a_repeatable.sql b/test/migrations_copy/R__a_repeatable.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f865419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/migrations_copy/R__a_repeatable.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CREATE VIEW r_test_view_a AS SELECT 1;
diff --git a/test/migrations_copy/R__b_repeatable.sql b/test/migrations_copy/R__b_repeatable.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ac1c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/migrations_copy/R__b_repeatable.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CREATE VIEW r_test_view_b AS SELECT * FROM r_test_view_a;
diff --git a/test/migrations_copy/V1__test.sql b/test/migrations_copy/V1__test.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..600c5a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/migrations_copy/V1__test.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+CREATE TYPE test_enum_type AS ENUM ('T1_ONE', 't2_two', 't3_Three', 'T4_FOUR', 'T5_FIVE', 'T6Six', 'MULTIPLE_WORD_ENUM');
+
+-- some comment
+CREATE TABLE test (
+  -- ignore this...
+  id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  name text,
+  name_2 varchar NOT NULL,
+  number int,
+  template test_enum_type,
+  type varchar,
+  tla char(3) NOT NULL,
+  tla_var varchar(3) NOT NULL,
+  numeric_default numeric NOT NULL,
+  numeric_24p numeric(24) NOT NULL,
+  numeric_16p_2s numeric(16, 2) NOT NULL,
+  gen INT NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS (1 + 1) STORED,
+  gen_opt INT GENERATED ALWAYS AS (1 + 1) STORED
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE test_ref_only (
+  test_id INT NOT NULL REFERENCES test(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE test_ref (
+  test_id INT NOT NULL REFERENCES test(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+  ref_name VARCHAR NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE test_ref_auto_pk (
+  id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+  test_id INT NOT NULL REFERENCES test(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+  ref_name VARCHAR NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE test_ref_pk (
+  id VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY,
+  test_id INT NOT NULL REFERENCES test(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+  ref_name VARCHAR NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW test_materialized_view AS SELECT id,
+    created_at,
+    name,
+    name_2,
+    number
+   FROM test WITH DATA;
+
+
+CREATE VIEW test_view AS SELECT id,
+    created_at,
+    name,
+    name_2,
+    number,
+    numeric_default
+   FROM test;
diff --git a/test/migrations_copy/V2__test_b.sql b/test/migrations_copy/V2__test_b.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bc5ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/migrations_copy/V2__test_b.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+CREATE TABLE test_b (
+  key_a VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  key_b VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_1 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_2 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_3 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_4 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_5 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_6 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_7 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_8 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_9 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_10 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_11 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_12 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_13 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_14 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_15 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_16 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_17 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_18 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_19 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_20 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_21 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_22 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_23 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_24 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_25 VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  val_26 VARCHAR[] NOT NULL,
+  val_27 INT[],
+  date DATE,
+  PRIMARY KEY (key_a, key_b)
+);
diff --git a/test/migrations_copy/V3__exclude.sql b/test/migrations_copy/V3__exclude.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcc69f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/migrations_copy/V3__exclude.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CREATE TABLE unsupported_yet (
+  field_a JSON,
+  field_b JSONB,
+  field_c INT[]
+);
diff --git a/test/migrations_copy/ignore_me b/test/migrations_copy/ignore_me
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29