diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index a6a04f6c..395dbde0 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
-
-
+
+
-
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1089d475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/target
+.DS_Store
+ripme.log
+rips/
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..839d647e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
+encoding//src/main/resources=UTF-8
+encoding//src/test/java=UTF-8
+encoding/=UTF-8