diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5c234f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*~
+.metadata
+*.class
+org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.prefs
+gen
+local.properties
+ecbuild
+