diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..94126cbc10e68ebddab3bb360dab6e7d56986ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.pyc
+*~
+tmp/