diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f67ac0..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*.swo
-*.swp
diff --git a/.globalgitignore b/.globalgitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..101098a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.globalgitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# vim
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# OSX
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 3197cc1..a44c2d0 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/too
 # symlink dots
 ln -sf  $(pwd)/.vimrc ~/.vimrc
 ln -sf  $(pwd)/.zshrc ~/.zshrc
+
+# global gitignore
+git config --global core.excludesfile ${pwd}/.globalgitignore