diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8f5fa99ae77285dbdf89d91ec5dca619bdf07d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+# ignore pdf files
+*.pdf