diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39150fa39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.o
+*.so
+tuxpaint
+obj/parse.c
+obj/parse_step1.c
+src/tp_magic_api.h
+tp-magic-config
+trans/