diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..73d2c55da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# toplevel
+/.bundle/
+/bin/
+/vendor/
+
+# anywhere in the tree
+*~
+.DS_Store
+.ruby-version
+coverage