diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b4f2ff9f8ff2cd15ec54981ebcd55c09d0b727e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.*.sw[op]