diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0725e4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+.*
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*~
+#*
+*.1
+*.bak
+*.bak2
+*.svn
+*.w2p
+*.class
+*.rej
+*.orig
+Thumbs.db
+.DS_Store
+index.yaml
+routes.py
+logging.conf
+gluon/tests/VERSION
+gluon/tests/sql.log
+./httpserver.log
+./httpserver.pid
+./parameters*.py
+./deposit
+./benchmark
+./build
+./dist*
+./dummy_tests
+./optional_contrib
+./ssl
+./docs
+./logs
+./*.zip
+./gluon/*.1
+./gluon/*.txt
+./admin.w2p
+./examples.w2p
+applications/*
+!applications/welcome
+!applications/welcome/*
+!applications/examples
+!applications/examples/*
+!applications/admin
+!applications/admin/*
+applications/*/databases/*
+applications/*/sessions/*
+applications/*/errors/*
+applications/*/cache/*
+applications/*/uploads/*
+applications/examples/static/epydoc
+applications/examples/static/sphinx
+applications/admin/cron/cron.master
+
+
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 276eb4a4..d6a709a5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 1.99.4 (2012-01-30 10:04:58) stable
+Version 1.99.4 (2012-01-30 11:15:20) stable