diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cc98fadde19699577f4de864812528a226be0256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.aux
+*.dvi
+*.log
+*.gz
+*.backup