diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..62efb565634bc4937a17b0237cd657487025d78f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+~*
+*~
+*.swp
+*.swo
+files/mysql_root_password