diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05d3c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*.dat
+/data/
+/temp/
+# Latex output files
+*.out
+*.aux
+*.log
+*.synctex.gz
+*.toc
\ No newline at end of file