diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0624af8fca9a21c967cc45eb391edd55b33fbbd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+scripts/lbnl_ps.nhc