diff --git a/example/.gitignore b/example/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ae0b57973b569ed23ebb4adff32c80de65e81cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+example.aux
+example.log
+example.out
+example.pdf