diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e4acdf..70f9804 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,37 @@
 **/externals
 **/bin
 **/_diag
+# Local .terraform directories
+**/.terraform/*
+
+# .tfstate files
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.*
+
+# Crash log files
+crash.log
+crash.*.log
+
+# Exclude all .tfvars files, which are likely to contain sensitive data, such as
+# password, private keys, and other secrets. These should not be part of version 
+# control as they are data points which are potentially sensitive and subject 
+# to change depending on the environment.
+*.tfvars
+*.tfvars.json
+
+# Ignore override files as they are usually used to override resources locally and so
+# are not checked in
+override.tf
+override.tf.json
+*_override.tf
+*_override.tf.json
+
+# Include override files you do wish to add to version control using negated pattern
+# !example_override.tf
+
+# Include tfplan files to ignore the plan output of command: terraform plan -out=tfplan
+# example: *tfplan*
+
+# Ignore CLI configuration files
+.terraformrc
+terraform.rc
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e91fe0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# ghe-runners
+Manage Repo Specific Runners