diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71e3ec1baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# the default generated dir + db file
+data
+owncloud
+
+# just sane ignores
+.*.sw[po]
+*.bak
+*.BAK
+*~
+*.orig
+*.class
+.cvsignore
+Thumbs.db
+*.py[co]
+_darcs/*
+CVS/*
+.svn/*
+RCS/*