diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8984d186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Ignore maven built artifacts
+/*/**/.settings
+/*/**/.classpath
+/*/**/.project
+/*/**/target
+
+/*/.settings
+/*/.classpath
+/*/.project
+/*/target
+
+/.project
+/.settings
+
+# Ignore user specific files and folders of Xcode
+/bluecove/src/main/c/intelbth/bluecove.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace
diff --git a/bluecove/build-native-osx-debug.sh b/bluecove/build-native-osx-debug.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..39b31a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bluecove/build-native-osx-debug.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# $Id$
+
+BUILD_ROOT=`pwd`
+
+cd ${BUILD_ROOT}/src/main/c/intelbth
+
+xcodebuild -configuration Debug
+BUILD_ERROR_CODE=$?
+
+cd ${BUILD_ROOT}
+
+if [[ ${BUILD_ERROR_CODE} != 0 ]] ; then
+ exit ${BUILD_ERROR_CODE}
+fi
+
+echo ---- Created library ----
+otool -fv ${BUILD_ROOT}/src/main/resources/libbluecove.jnilib
+echo Copy Library to ${BUILD_ROOT}/target/classes/
+cp ${BUILD_ROOT}/src/main/resources/libbluecove.jnilib ${BUILD_ROOT}/target/classes/
diff --git a/bluecove/pom.xml b/bluecove/pom.xml
index 92a9fbe8..4be67d7b 100644
--- a/bluecove/pom.xml
+++ b/bluecove/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
-5
+
Sam Halliday
sam.halliday@gmail.com
@@ -76,6 +77,19 @@
+
+ Mathias Kühn
+ kuehn@synerva.de
+ SYNERVA GmbH
+ http://www.synerva.de
+
+ developer
+ developer-OSX
+ developer-OSX-10.8
+
+ +1
+
+