diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..c550c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+bin/
+*~
+*.rej
+*.bak
+*.patch
+javacore.*
+heapdump.*
+core.*
+Snap.*
+target/
+
diff --git a/visualization/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.visualization.dependency/readme.txt b/visualization/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.visualization.dependency/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/visualization/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.visualization.dependency/readme.txt