diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bb116667c3e8ce3c97315df5624d862c292bbb1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.pyc
+*~
+tmp/
+