diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..324c01836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/.classpath
+/.project
+/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
+/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
+target
+.settings