diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dbed8f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+
+build*/
+.directory
+.mailmap
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*~
+.hg/
+*.kdev*
+.DS_Store
+CMakeLists.txt.user
+*.bak
+*.patch
+*.diff
+*.REMOTE.*
+*.BACKUP.*
+*.BASE.*
+*.LOCAL.*