diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3a78b6f28baa0dd2fc885b55908edfa27edf063a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.swp
+*~
+testdir_*
+doc/.asciidoctor/
+.idea/
+.prove
+_Deparsed_XSubs.pm
+yarn.lock