diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..349cac9b57978a45d6cf67db92e21fb59dde8674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# gitignore
+*~
+*.swp
+