diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2e0b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.o
+core
+.gdb_history
+
+.deps
+
+*.diff
+*.orig
+*.patch
+*.rej
+
+/aclocal.m4
+/autom4te.cache/
+/buildsys.mk
+/config.h
+/config.h.in
+/config.log
+/config.status
+/configure
+/pkgconf