diff --git a/.settings/.gitignore b/.settings/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1de83a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs