diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..439f40425bcc89cb89264955c263076aa1f3cfec
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+*.pyc
+*~
+~.orig
+*~
+.*.sw?
+ModuleBuild.cmake
+CMakeModules
+*/CMakeLists.txt
+Files.cmake