diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a4edf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.project
diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index 62e8fe6..0000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>data2image</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>