diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e71550e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.mllib
+*.mldylib
+*.clib
+META
+Makefile
+configure
+_tags
+setup.ml
+myocamlbuild.ml