diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..75bb2042901930f807a588241612a29dd75e34d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.*
+*.pyc
+!.gitignore