diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1fcf15d0839098213ec23c52a0d3796c1f278a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.sif
\ No newline at end of file