diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fa21fff69f3c2ef73212222bbdc5d9323bafdd5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+*.csv
+*.gz
+*.bz2
+*.xz
+