diff --git a/tmp/.gitignore b/tmp/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b5100cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#ignore all files in this dir...
+*
+#... except for this one.
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file