diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..22219f7fe9afb6ff871c5825a414082460ec5632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.png
+*.*~
+*~
+*.html