diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b5d510ce963cd8596a17f663d74b9a8f6be31e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.swp
+*.xml
+