diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..14e0dfa55855be84721bddbf3096489e73572e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.aux
+*.log
+*.pdf
+*.toc