diff --git a/bootstrap-ubuntu-dev.sh b/bootstrap-ubuntu-dev.sh
index 379c5bc..855d6b3 100755
--- a/bootstrap-ubuntu-dev.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-ubuntu-dev.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ echo "Installing Oracle Java."
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
+
+git config --global core.excludesfile ~/Environment/gitignore-global
diff --git a/gitignore-global b/gitignore-global
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dc4665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitignore-global
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.pmd
+.checkstyle
+.eclipse-pmd
+*~
+*.orig
+.externalToolBuilders