diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b06b6e71baceee9c50b6ebfe4608dc21810171c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+00*.xml
+00*.ly
+*~