Add the .gitignore file to the repository (this was just copied over from svnignore settings using git svn show-ignore).
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dff533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+target
+.classpath
+.settings
+.project