diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3fb8945d5dc71e055bda6ace564c551c994d1d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+build
+lib
+rapidcsv