diff --git a/gitconfig b/gitconfig
index 8d4e9d7..4f68575 100644
--- a/gitconfig
+++ b/gitconfig
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
   # Simple is not supported on git < 2.0
   #default = simple
   default = matching
+[core]
+	excludesfiles = ~/.gitignore
diff --git a/gitignore b/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49c20de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+*.swp
+*~
+*.bak