diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e8df2d5..ebe0e5b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
+# ignore project files #
 .classpath
 .project
 .settings/
+catalog-v001.xml
+
+# ignore target files #
 target/
+bin/
+build/
+dist/
+apidoc/
+*.swp
+
+# ignore svn files if there
 .svn
+
+# ignore log files #
+*.log
+/logs/*
+*/logs/*
+
+
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d4aa3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Modified version of soapUI version of jedit-syntax 2.2.2
+
+This code was previously hosted at http://taverna.googlecode.com/svn/taverna/utils/net.sf.taverna.jedit.jedit-syntax/
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