diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6e366f16c2dd577f85088670d4996c625e011333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.DS_Store
+.idea
+*.log
+tmp/
+.spack-env
+compiler_definitions.yaml