diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4a18b7686d47891b2ed1b0dfd190451f2a48ea25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*~
+*.tex
+*.nav
+*.snm
+*.vrb
+*.bak
\ No newline at end of file