diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdbb013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+*~
+*.swp
+*.old
+*.bck
+*.pyc
+tags
+*.7z
+*.dmg
+*.gz
+*.iso
+*.jar
+*.rar
+*.tar
+*.zip
+*.log
+*.sql
+*.sqlite