diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ff7fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/target
+/.classpath
+/.project
+/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
+/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
+/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+/events.iml