diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee64b162eed61d17a901149331948175d7963096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+bin
+build
+lib
+src/xml/*.cxx
+src/xml/*.hxx