diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c7d233e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.log
+
+nominatim/*.d
+nominatim/*.o
+nominatim/nominatim
+module/nominatim.so
+settings/configuration.txt
+settings/download.lock
+settings/state.txt
+settings/local.php
+
+.deps/
+autom4te.cache/
+config.*
+configure
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+stamp-h1
+missing
+INSTALL
+aclocal.m4