diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..894cfc1fea02a7c13ec2d20bcd0160131a9475e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.bak*
\ No newline at end of file