diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc44a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/autom4te.cache 
+/configure
+/config.h.in
+/Makefile
+/stamp-h1
+*.o
+*.a
+*.so*
+bin
+/config.h
+/config.log
+/config.status
+libiscsi-*.tar.gz