diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fd48f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+!/log/.keep
+*.rdb
+.bundle
+config/application.yml
+config/database.yml
+config/secrets.yml
+config/secrets.*.yml
+log/*
+public/assets
+public/uploads
+tmp
+.DS_Store
+*.sublime-*
+.rvmrc
+stellar.yml
+.rubocop.yml
+
+# Ignore generated test coverage
+/coverage
+
+# Bower assets
+vendor/assets/.bowerrc
+vendor/assets/bower.json
+vendor/assets/bower_components
+
+# Bundler files
+
+vendor/bundler
diff --git a/recipes/git_ignore.rb b/recipes/git_ignore.rb
index 8d07acb..b10b088 100644
--- a/recipes/git_ignore.rb
+++ b/recipes/git_ignore.rb
@@ -3,33 +3,14 @@ class GitIgnore < Base
 
     def init_file
       @template.remove_file '.gitignore'
-      @template.create_file '.gitignore' do <<-EOF
-        !/log/.keep
-        *.rdb
-        .bundle
-        config/application.yml
-        config/database.yml
-        config/secrets.yml
-        config/secrets.*.yml
-        log/*
-        public/assets
-        public/uploads
-        tmp
-        .DS_Store
-        *.sublime-*
-        .rvmrc
-        stellar.yml
-        .rubocop.yml
+      @template.create_file '.gitignore', File.open(gitignore_path).read
+    end
 
-        # Ignore generated coverage
-        /coverage
+    private
 
-        # Bower stuff
-        vendor/assets/.bowerrc
-        vendor/assets/bower.json
-        vendor/assets/bower_components
-      EOF
-      end
+    def gitignore_path
+      File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '.gitignore')
     end
+
   end
 end