diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..16adfada9d9d13545f67324c6c6ad33a0fe77e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*~
+.*.sw?
+.DS_Store