diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2e906cc871537e0816ae7fd4437ade59afa2986c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# ignore ALL .log files
+*.log
+
+# ignore ALL files in ANY directory named temp
+temp/