diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5624dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/autom4te.cache/
+/aclocal.m4
+/compile
+/config.guess
+/config.log
+/config.status
+/config.sub
+/configure
+/depcomp
+/install-sh
+/missing
+/src/hh
+.deps/
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+*.o