diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..90fd8c86d9e1362ad5fb717b09ed41bcbdee3c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.sw?
+*~
+Session.vim
+pdf
+*.core
+hammer
+lib
+t/*.pdf