diff --git a/Mercury.gitignore b/Mercury.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1d7119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mercury.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Mercury/
+*.mh
+*.err
+*.init
+*.dll
+*.exe
+*.a
+*.so
+*.dylib
+*.d
+*.c_date