diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..41f869e7a8b31c46f0159ee920b1097a30f348b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.dat 
+results/
\ No newline at end of file