diff --git a/its/.gitattributes b/its/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..416d535652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.java             ident
+*.jar              -text -crlf
diff --git a/its/.gitignore b/its/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..914958f919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.svn/
+target/
+.project
+.classpath
+.settings/
+bin/
+*.ipr