diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..11a43e9e6dc9f56bb0f89c4d28bd851e679d92fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*~
+\#*
+*.tgz