diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..98ef169d65ec22973d313123ec3a178af98b7d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+web_service/conf/properties*
+web_service/conf/version.inc