diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..138e67eee840d84119595731f08b0ae89aaf7214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+#ignore latex tmp files
+*.aux
+*.log
+*.pdf
+*.synctex.gz