diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c11bd69955f1624a10ca36bdea9898d7e29e24b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.pyc
+.*.swp
+*~