diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8274433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# ignore everything ...
+/*
+# ... but the following
+!README.org
+!config.org
+!init.el
+!.gitignore