diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77c8973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.redxml
+*.txt
+*.html
+*.pdf
+*~
+*.swp
+/*-[0-9][0-9].xml
+.refcache
+venv/
+issues.json
+lib
+.targets.mk