diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f7b04aefbdc82df5cd7d88b245e2d5ef0f623786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/man
+*~
+.*~
+*.swp
+.#*