diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 71837ff88632002b4662d0cb6a9a0cf4493b0cee..a0d550376639dc1a22599bbe258ea41d572f7ea7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 vcsh.1
 *patch
+*.swp