diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fc3c48a9d445f26e678cdc340bda6bac5e9236e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+unstructured/*
+**/*~lock*
+**/*tachyon*