diff --git a/conf/vagrant/provisioning/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/conf/vagrant/provisioning/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 3ef6719..0d8da24 100644
--- a/conf/vagrant/provisioning/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/conf/vagrant/provisioning/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,11 @@
 - name: Common | Configure PALANTIR_ENVIRONMENT variable
   lineinfile: dest=/home/vagrant/.profile state=present line='export PALANTIR_ENVIRONMENT="vagrant"'
   tags: common
+
+- name: Common | Copy gitignore
+  copy: src=roles/common/templates/gitignore dest=/home/vagrant/.gitignore
+  tags: common
+
+- name: Common | Configure global gitignore
+  command: /usr/bin/git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore
+  tags: common
diff --git a/conf/vagrant/provisioning/roles/common/templates/gitignore b/conf/vagrant/provisioning/roles/common/templates/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51397ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/vagrant/provisioning/roles/common/templates/gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Folder view configuration files
+.DS_Store
+
+# cache files
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear on external disks
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+
+# IDE files
+.idea
+
+# Application specific files
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
+.sass-cache