diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3c2b98173f9cf534069c660cca7dc94158eb81fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*~
+*.aux
+*.log
+*.nav
+*.out
+*.pdf
+*.snm
+*.toc
+*.el