diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e25a84f0d8affd9f6f3dfe908d2441a3af16618f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*~
+*.o
+.DS_Store