diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0ccbff1deb6a4bc631d2d0b20b63e9eac0611e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+figures/*.png
+
+*~