@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+### Composer ###
+composer.phar
+/vendor/
+
+### Git ###
+# Created by git for backups. To disable backups in Git:
+# $ git config --global mergetool.keepBackup false
+*.orig
+
+# Created by git when using merge tools for conflicts
+*.BACKUP.*
+*.BASE.*
+*.LOCAL.*
+*.REMOTE.*
+*_BACKUP_*.txt
+*_BASE_*.txt
+*_LOCAL_*.txt
+*_REMOTE_*.txt
+
+### macOS ###
+# General
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+### PHPUnit ###
+# Covers PHPUnit
+# Reference: https://phpunit.de/
+
+# Generated files
+.phpunit.result.cache
+.phpunit.cache
+
+# PHPUnit
+/phpunit.xml
+
+# Build data
+/build/
+
+### SVN ###
+.svn/
+
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 * Change: Update and improve long description and numerous FAQ entries
 * Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.2+
 * Change: Tweak installation instruction
+* New: Add `.gitignore` file
 * Unit tests:
     * New: Add tests to verify filtered values output nothing when empty
     * New: Add test to check that the appropriate number of framework strings are translatable