diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..270f8cf773a4938812fe232aec23e5b002673b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.o
+doc/doxygen/html
+doc/doxygen/latex
+doc/doxygen/man
+*bin