diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eeb8a6ec40875917aba8a4d6a6a335d2011e6253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+**/__pycache__