diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..793d695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/Makefile
+/Makefile.in
+/aclocal.m4
+/autom4te.cache
+/autoscan.log
+/compiler/cpp/.deps
+/compiler/cpp/Makefile
+/compiler/cpp/Makefile.in
+/compiler/cpp/thrift
+/compiler/cpp/*.o
+/compiler/cpp/thriftl.cc
+/compiler/cpp/thrifty.cc
+/compiler/cpp/thrifty.h
+/compiler/cpp/version.h
+/config.*
+/configure
+/configure.lineno
+/configure.scan
+/depcomp
+/if/Makefile
+/if/Makefile.in
+/install-sh
+/lib/Makefile
+/lib/Makefile.in
+/lib/erl/ebin
+/lib/cpp/.deps
+/lib/cpp/.libs
+/lib/cpp/Makefile
+/lib/cpp/Makefile.in
+/lib/cpp/concurrency_test
+/lib/cpp/*.o
+/lib/cpp/*.la
+/lib/cpp/*.lo
+/lib/cpp/*.pc
+/lib/csharp/Makefile
+/lib/csharp/Makefile.in
+/lib/java/Makefile
+/lib/java/Makefile.in
+/lib/java/build
+/lib/java/gen-java
+/lib/java/gen-javabean
+/lib/java/libthrift.jar
+/lib/perl/MANIFEST
+/lib/perl/Makefile
+/lib/perl/Makefile.in
+/lib/perl/Makefile-perl.mk
+/lib/perl/blib
+/lib/perl/pm_to_blib
+/lib/perl/test/Makefile
+/lib/perl/test/Makefile.in
+/lib/perl/test/gen-perl
+/lib/py/Makefile
+/lib/py/Makefile.in
+/lib/py/build
+/lib/rb/Makefile
+/lib/rb/Makefile.in
+/libtool
+/ltmain.sh
+/missing
+/stamp-h1
+/test/.deps
+/test/.libs
+/test/*.o
+/test/*.la
+/test/*.lo
+/test/Benchmark
+/test/DebugProtoTest
+/test/JSONProtoTest
+/test/TFDTransportTest
+/test/TPipedTransportTest
+/test/UnitTests
+/test/Makefile
+/test/Makefile.in
+/test/OptionalRequiredTest
+/test/ReflectionTest
+/test/gen-cpp
+/test/java/Makefile
+/test/java/Makefile.am
+/test/java/Makefile.in
+/test/java/build
+/test/java/gen-java
+/test/java/thrifttest.jar
+/test/py/Makefile
+/test/py/Makefile.in
+/test/py/gen-py
+/test/rb/Makefile
+/test/rb/Makefile.in
+/ylwrap