diff --git a/generators/boilerplate/index.js b/generators/boilerplate/index.js
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+'use strict';
+
+var generators = require('yeoman-generator');
+
+module.exports = generators.Base.extend({
+  configuring: function() {
+    this.fs.copy(
+      this.templatePath('editorconfig'),
+      this.destinationPath('.editorconfig')
+    );
+
+    this.fs.copy(
+      this.templatePath('gitattributes'),
+      this.destinationPath('.gitattributes')
+    );
+
+    this.fs.copy(
+      this.templatePath('gitignore'),
+      this.destinationPath('.gitignore')
+    );
+
+    this.fs.copy(
+      this.templatePath('jscsrc'),
+      this.destinationPath('.jscsrc')
+    );
+
+    this.fs.copy(
+      this.templatePath('jshintrc'),
+      this.destinationPath('.jshintrc')
+    );
+  }
+});
diff --git a/generators/boilerplate/templates/editorconfig b/generators/boilerplate/templates/editorconfig
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+root = true
+
+[*]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+end_of_line = lf
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[*.md]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
diff --git a/generators/boilerplate/templates/gitattributes b/generators/boilerplate/templates/gitattributes
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+++ b/generators/boilerplate/templates/gitattributes
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+* text=auto
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/generators/boilerplate/templates/gitignore b/generators/boilerplate/templates/gitignore
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+# .gitignore for jekyllized projects
+
+# Ignore hidden folders
+# This takes care of .tmp, .sass-cache, and many others
+.*/
+
+# OSX
+._*
+.AppleDouble
+.DS_Store
+.localized
+.LSOverride
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+Icon
+
+# Windows
+Desktop.ini
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Linux
+*~
+
+# Tags
+# Ignore tags created by etags and ctags
+TAGS
+tags
+
+# Always-ignore files and folders #
+*.diff
+*.err
+*.log
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*.swn
+*.swo
+*.swp
+._*
+*~
+
+# Ignore packages #
+*.7z
+*.dmg
+*.gz
+*.iso
+*.jar
+*.rar
+*.tar
+*.zip
+
+# Packages
+node_modules/*
+.tmp
+test/
+
+# Sublime
+*.sublime-project
+*.sublime-workspace
+*.sublime-projectcompletions
+
+app/_bower_components
+
+# Output folders
+serve
+site
+
+# hide the AWS and Rsync credentials file
+aws-credentials.json
+rsync-credentials.json
diff --git a/generators/boilerplate/templates/jscsrc b/generators/boilerplate/templates/jscsrc
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+{
+  "preset": "google"
+}
diff --git a/generators/boilerplate/templates/jshintrc b/generators/boilerplate/templates/jshintrc
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+{
+  "node": true,
+  "browser": true,
+  "esnext": true,
+  "bitwise": false,
+  "curly": false,
+  "eqeqeq": true,
+  "eqnull": true,
+  "immed": true,
+  "latedef": true,
+  "newcap": true,
+  "noarg": true,
+  "quotmark": "double",
+  "undef": true,
+  "strict": false,
+  "trailing": true,
+  "smarttabs": true
+}