diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..646e8c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.checkstyle
+.classpath
+.pmd
+.project
+.ruleset
+.settings/
+target/
+*.iml
+*.iws
+*.ipr
+velocity.log