diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0174fbbb18973f0c7c93f26d5ed0f74455580a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+_site/*
+_theme_packages/*
+
+Thumbs.db
+.DS_Store
+
+!.gitkeep
+
+.rbenv-version
+.rvmrc