diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0e5a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*build/
+*~
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache/
+compile
+config.h.in
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+m4/
+Makefile.in
+missing