diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07460fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Makefile
+*.a
+*.dll
+*.dylib
+*.o
+*.so
+*.so.*
diff --git a/data/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b92603b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/libDatabase.pc
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9fbd64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/pylint.log
+/tests.log
diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7149778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/client