diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..656f8b83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.DS_Store
+target
+bin
+test-output
+.classpath
+.project
+.settings
+/.metadata
+.cache
+derby.log