diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29bb2d..b465d22a73f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+build/build.number
+bin
+cloudstack-proprietary
+.lock-wscript
+artifacts
+.waf-*
+waf-*
+target
+override
+premium
+.metadata
+dist
+*~
+*.bak
diff --git a/build/build.number b/build/build.number
deleted file mode 100644
index 179089a1269..00000000000
--- a/build/build.number
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#Build Number for ANT. Do not edit!
-#Wed Jul 21 16:28:37 PDT 2010
-build.number=5