diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0f825f03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/config/database.yml
+/config/email.yml
+/config/initializers/session_store.rb
+/coverage
+/db/*.db
+/db/*.sqlite3
+/db/schema.rb
+/files/*
+/log/*.log*
+/log/mongrel_debug
+/public/dispatch.*
+/public/plugin_assets
+/tmp/*
+/tmp/cache/*
+/tmp/sessions/*
+/tmp/sockets/*
+/tmp/test/*
+/vendor/rails