diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fce544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/.rnd
+/.update_success
+/apps/
+/bin/
+/boot/
+/data/
+/dev/
+/esxcli.log
+/etc/
+/frontview/
+/ftp_ban.tbl
+/home/
+/homes
+/lib/
+/lib64/
+/media/
+/mnt/
+/opt/
+/proc/
+/root/
+/run/
+/sbin/
+/selinux/
+/srv/
+/sys/
+/tmp/
+/usr/
+/var/
diff --git a/README b/README
deleted file mode 100644
index f10b50a..0000000
--- a/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-System configurations are stored in a seperate branch for each host or purpose.
-
-Check out (git checkout) the appropriate branch to find the configurations.