diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..76d19f025198d53ded2ba15604ba913ef59ee3b2
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+html/
+man/
+*~
+*.orig
+#comment
+doxygen-tag
+*.log
+*BASE*
+*LOCAL*
+*REMOTE*
+doxy-header.html
+*.svn