diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 30f5a5e135da8356f60405995285d5da4e0af004..27f011b1fe08d9cb61d0e2790b1f532fb587ccef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 *.pyc
 .*.swp
 *~
+*.egg-info
 TODO
 test
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