diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7e842947378e7a678021ab2c61f0d1ed063e68f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+syntax: glob
+*~
+.*.swp
+*.orig
+*.pyc
+.\#*
+\#*\#
+tags
+*vim*
+*.template