diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4e23e04069a10824f5c79b2448deeeb9d152c9e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+