diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e4e5f6c8b2deb54bf38312dd9e2f53489b60d6a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*~
\ No newline at end of file