diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0d4ea6b26d028630fef3cc97499358d306906567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+build
+dist
+configdb.egg-info