diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29c968e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.o
+*.a
+*.gz
+configure
+config.*
+Makefile
+autom4te.cache
+benchmark
+edge
+example_edge_embed
+supernode