diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72df975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+excludes.txt
diff --git a/excludes.txt.dist b/excludes.txt.dist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c12a7af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/excludes.txt.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+${HOME}/.cache
+${HOME}/.npm
+${HOME}/.composer
+${HOME}/.vagrant.d
+${HOME}/Downloads/
+re:/vendor/
+re:/node_modules/