diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06d085f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.check-author.yml export-ignore
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.github export-ignore
+.gitignore export-ignore
+.travis.yml export-ignore
+build.default.properties export-ignore
+build.xml export-ignore
+phpunit.xml.dist export-ignore
+/tests export-ignore
+/specs export-ignore
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c9521e..a4e22b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
-/vendor/
-/bin/
-/demo/
-/assets/js/*.js
-/node_modules/
-/.tx/
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+.directory
 
-coverage.xml
+# IDEs 
+.buildpath
+.project
+.settings/
+.build/
+.external*/
+.idea/
+nbproject/
+
+# composer related
+vendor/
 composer.lock
-npm-debug.log
+
+# build
+build/
+build.properties
+
+# Translations
+.tx
diff --git a/build.default.properties b/build.default.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3502c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.default.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+phpcq.bin.dir   = <${basedir}/bin
+phpcs.standard  = ${basedir}/vendor/phpcq/coding-standard/phpcs/PhpCodeQuality/ruleset.xml
+phpmd.ruleset   = ${basedir}/vendor/phpcq/coding-standard/phpmd/ruleset.xml
+phpcs.excluded  = src/Resources/contao/languages
+phpcpd.excluded = contao
diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index df1e841..0000000
--- a/build.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-
-phpcq.bin.dir = ${basedir}/bin