diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..429a119d7be766cf68478aa6e32e48b1c6ee3a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.snakemake
+*.pyc