diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb70262a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.csproj
+*.csproj.user
+*.build
+*.mdb
+*.mdp
+*.mds
+*.dll.build
+*/*/bin
+*/*/*/bin
+*/*/*/*/bin
+*/*/*/*/*/bin
+*/*/*/*/*/*/bin
+*/*/*/*/*/*/*/bin
+bin/Debug/*.dll
+bin/*.dll.mdb
+bin/addin-db-*
+bin/*.dll
+bin/ScriptEngines/*.dll
+bin/*.maddin
+Examples/*.dll
+bin/*.exe
+OpenSim.build
+OpenSim.sln
+Prebuild/Prebuild.build
+Prebuild/Prebuild.sln
+*~