diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13ccda24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/wiki/backups/*
+*~
+a.out
+semantic.cache
+aclocal.m4
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+autom4te*
+config.*
+configure
+*.tar.*
+build/*