diff --git a/KDiff3.gitignore b/KDiff3.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3aa40d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/KDiff3.gitignore
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+*.BACKUP.*
+*_BACKUP_*
+*.BASE.*
+*_BASE_*
+*.LOCAL.*
+*_LOCAL_*
+*.REMOTE.*
+*_REMOTE_*
+*.orig
\ No newline at end of file