diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fbb0ed8e7661763338eef01b159993a0eb97c3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.py
+*.swp
+*.swo