diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91f9945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.o
+*.o.s
+*.pgm
+pi
+read
+write
+gmon.out
+
+jacobi-avx
+jacobi-avx-block
+jacobi-avx-peel
+jacobi-naive
+jacobi-sse
+stream