diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..834fdde67f1b502443628b7dd908416f072552f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.swp
+*~
+testdir_*