diff --git a/src/configuration.ts b/src/configuration.ts
index 8cd7846f..ad141299 100644
--- a/src/configuration.ts
+++ b/src/configuration.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {join} from 'path';
  */
 export const NEEDED_FILES = [
   '.editorconfig',
-  '.gitignore',
+  join('templates', '.gitignore'),
   join('templates', '.npmignore'),
   join('templates', 'tsconfig.json'),
   join('templates', 'tslint.json'),
diff --git a/templates/template-.gitignore b/templates/template-.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c07b9dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/template-.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+# Runtime data
+pids
+*.pid
+*.seed
+*.pid.lock
+
+# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
+lib-cov
+
+# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
+coverage
+
+# nyc test coverage
+.nyc_output
+
+# Grunt intermediate storage (https://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
+.grunt
+
+# Bower dependency directory (https://bower.io/)
+bower_components
+
+# node-waf configuration
+.lock-wscript
+
+# Compiled binary addons (https://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
+build/Release
+
+# Dependency directories
+node_modules/
+jspm_packages/
+
+# TypeScript v1 declaration files
+typings/
+
+# Optional npm cache directory
+.npm
+
+# Optional eslint cache
+.eslintcache
+
+# Optional REPL history
+.node_repl_history
+
+# Output of 'npm pack'
+*.tgz
+
+# Yarn Integrity file
+.yarn-integrity
+
+# dotenv environment variables file
+.env
+
+# parcel-bundler cache (https://parceljs.org/)
+.cache
+
+# next.js build output
+.next
+
+# nuxt.js build output
+.nuxt
+
+# vuepress build output
+.vuepress/dist
+
+# Serverless directories
+.serverless/
+
+# FuseBox cache
+.fusebox/
+
+#DynamoDB Local files
+.dynamodb/
+
+########## end of https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Node.gitignore
+
+# ignore ide files
+.idea
+.vscode
+
+# ignore lib
+lib
+
+# ignore docs
+docs