diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6c3d6cc00fac53bc17c65fa40a36da7b4d4e05e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# in case stuff gets here that is not supposed to be here
+example
+example.o