diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3684ae7802289084e5ae1d067d94679ade02183c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.aux
+*.log
+*.nav
+*.out
+*.snm
+*.toc
+.DS_Store