diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d86cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.*
+*.o
+*.o.*
+*.a
+*.so
+*.so.*
+*.so.dbg
+*.ao
diff --git a/eeprog/.gitignore b/eeprog/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..916cb72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eeprog/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/eeprog
diff --git a/eepromer/.gitignore b/eepromer/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f76592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eepromer/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/eeprom
+/eepromer
diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b029dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/i2cdump
+/i2cset
+/i2cget
+/i2cdetect