diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1518fa5..3e8c393 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Version 1.3.0
+-------------
+_12 August 2015_
+
+* Update to look for an `.xcodecoverageignore` file in `SRCROOT` instead of needing to manually update the `getcov` script to specify which files to ignore - a specification which would get overwritten if you were using CocoaPods and ran `pod update`. _Thanks to: Ellen Shapiro_
+
 Version 1.2.2
 -------------
 _22 Mar 2015_
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 918b6b0..1dff3d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,10 +81,22 @@ If you make changes to your production code, you should clear out all build arti
   * Set script to `source XcodeCoverage/run_code_coverage_post.sh` for standard installation. For CocoaPods installation, use `source Pods/XcodeCoverage/run_code_coverage_post.sh`
 
 
-Modification
-============
+Excluding Files From Coverage
+=============================
 
-If you are using the standard installation, you can modify `exclude_data()` in `getcov` to specify which files to exclude, such as third-party libraries.
+If there are files or folders which you want to have the coverage generator ignore (for instance, third-party libraries not installed via CocoaPods or machine-generated files), add an `.xcodecoverageignore` file to your `SRCROOT`. 
+
+Each line should be a different file or group of files which should be excluded for code coverage purposes. You can use `SRCROOT` relative paths as well as the `*` character to indicate everything below a certain directory should be excluded.
+
+Example contents of an `.xcodecoverageignore` file:
+
+```
+${SRCROOT}/TestedProject/Machine Files/*
+${SRCROOT}/TestedProject/Third-Party/SingleFile.m
+${SRCROOT}/TestedProject/Categories/UIImage+IgnoreMe.{h,m}
+```
+
+Note: If you were using a version of XcodeCoverage prior to 1.3, you will need to move the list of files and folders you wish to ignore to the `.xcodecoverageignore` file. The current setup will prevent your customized list from being overwritten when there is an update to this project. 
 
 
 Credits
diff --git a/getcov b/getcov
index 8bdacf5..dedcc36 100755
--- a/getcov
+++ b/getcov
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ report_values() {
   echo "SRCROOT    : ${SRCROOT}"
   echo "OBJ_DIR    : ${OBJ_DIR}"
   echo "LCOV_PATH  : ${LCOV_PATH}"
+  echo "IGNORED    : ${XCODECOV_IGNORED_PATHS}"
 }
 
 remove_old_report() {
@@ -112,7 +113,13 @@ exclude_data() {
 
   LCOV --remove "${LCOV_INFO}" "Developer/SDKs/*" -d "${OBJ_DIR}" -o "${LCOV_INFO}"
   LCOV --remove "${LCOV_INFO}" "main.m" -d "${OBJ_DIR}" -o "${LCOV_INFO}"
-  # Remove other patterns here...
+
+  #Remove anything the .xcodecoverageignore file has specified should be ignored.
+  (cat "${SRCROOT}/.xcodecoverageignore"; echo) | while read IGNORE_THIS; do
+    #use eval to expand any of the variables and then pass them to the shell - this allows
+    #use of wildcards in the variables. 
+    eval LCOV --remove "${LCOV_INFO}" "${IGNORE_THIS}" -d "${OBJ_DIR}" -o "${LCOV_INFO}"
+  done
 }
 
 generate_cobertura_xml() {