diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dba2001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+bin/
+manage.py
+media/
+old_stuff/
+static/
+templates/blogindex.html-media
+tippy/static/