diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d3ea8a8ba7f8b975732a91c79d5cc07551c6a0a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.mat
+*.pdf
+*.log
+*.aux
+*.gz
+*.tex
+*.m~
+*.m