diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23acc11f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.mo
+*.pyc
+*.sqlite
+*.swp
+*~
+.coverage
+.testrepository
+.tox
+.venv
+AUTHORS