diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf4687341b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
+# Lines that start with '#' are comments.
+# For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
+# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
+# *.[oa]
+# *~
+
+# See .gitignore in subdirectories for more ignored files
+
+*~
+*.[oadi]
+*.ii
+*.oo
+*.eo
+*.so
+*.exports
+*.moduleinfo
+*.makeopts
+*.makedeps
+makeopts
+.lastclean
+config.log
+config.status
+defaults.h
+makeopts.embed_rules
+menuselect-tree
diff --git a/.gitreview b/.gitreview
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9ef0502a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitreview
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[gerrit]
+host=gerrit.asterisk.org
+port=29418
+project=asterisk.git
diff --git a/addons/.gitignore b/addons/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..663e668da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mp3
diff --git a/agi/.gitignore b/agi/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b2a4e2bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agi/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+eagi-sphinx-test
+eagi-test
+strcompat.c
diff --git a/build_tools/.gitignore b/build_tools/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c60a0df862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_tools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+menuselect-deps
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27acdb3249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+core-en_US.xml
diff --git a/include/asterisk/.gitignore b/include/asterisk/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae33b3c832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asterisk/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+autoconfig.h
+build.h
+buildopts.h
diff --git a/main/.gitignore b/main/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23f5c58bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+asterisk
+libasteriskssl.so.1
+version.c
diff --git a/menuselect/.gitignore b/menuselect/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38ea2d3a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/menuselect/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+autoconfig.h
+cmenuselect
+config.log
+config.status
+menuselect
diff --git a/res/ael/.gitignore b/res/ael/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f39b612ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/ael/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ael.output
diff --git a/utils/.gitignore b/utils/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed37a064c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+aelbison.c
+aelparse
+aelparse.c
+ast_expr2.c
+ast_expr2f.c
+astman
+astcanary
+astdb2bdb
+astdb2sqlite3
+check_expr
+check_expr2
+conf2ael
+db1-ast/libdb1.a
+hashtab.c
+lock.c
+md5.c
+muted
+pbx_ael.c
+pval.c
+smsq
+stereorize
+strcompat.c
+streamplayer
+threadstorage.c