diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6e11ccdc72937ef12d970342ba8a0606aa2854f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*pyc
+*swp