diff --git a/dmodels/.gitignore b/dmodels/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b8774bc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dmodels/.gitignore
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+*.egg
+*.pt
+Makefile
+bams/
+optchar/
+pal_egg/