diff --git a/appc-metric/appc-metric-features/onap-appc-metric/.gitignore b/appc-metric/appc-metric-features/onap-appc-metric/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eacf31a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appc-metric/appc-metric-features/onap-appc-metric/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target-ide/