diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d3ffccc..85df9ce8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 unitTests/codeCoverage
+
+*.buildpath
+*.project
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Tests/.gitignore b/Tests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1888a98f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+*.xls
+*.xlsx
\ No newline at end of file