diff --git a/lessons/.gitignore b/lessons/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fede62bf4876788be5ea7cc4b92ccb8aa718f877
--- /dev/null
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+*.log
+*.aux
+*.pdf
+*.dvi
+*.eps