diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..485dee64bcfb48793379b200a1afd14e85a8aaf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.idea
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c8c3d3ba0ff53a8ae1ed02e1296f532deee47963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "public"]
+	path = public
+	url = https://github.com/openconfig/public.git