Add basic top level files.

.gitignore

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+# build products...
+*.py[co]
+build
+AUTHORS.TXT
+# Emacs backup files...
+*~
+.\#*
+# RPM stuff...
+MANIFEST
+dist
+rpm-build
+# Eclipse/PyDev stuff...
+.project
+.pydevproject
+# PyCharm stuff...
+.idea
+#IntelliJ IDEA stuff..
+*.iml
+# Mac OS X stuff...
+.DS_Store
+# manpage build stuff...
+docs/man/man3/*
+# Sublime stuff
+*.sublime-project
+*.sublime-workspace
+# docsite stuff...
+docsite/rst/modules_by_category.rst
+docsite/rst/list_of_*.rst
+docsite/rst/*_module.rst
+docsite/*.html
+docsite/_static/*.gif
+docsite/_static/*.png
+docsite/_static/websupport.js
+docsite/searchindex.js
+docsite/htmlout
+# deb building stuff...
+debian/
+deb-build
+# Vim swap files
+*.swp
+*.swo
+credentials.yml
+# test output
+.coverage
+results.xml
+coverage.xml
+/test/units/cover-html
+# Development
+/test/develop
+venv
+Vagrantfile
+.vagrant
+ansible.egg-info/

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+Welcome To Ansible GitHub
+=========================
+
+Hi! Nice to see you here!
+
+If you'd like to ask a question
+===============================
+
+Please see [this web page ](http://docs.ansible.com/community.html) for community information, which includes pointers on how to ask questions on the [mailing lists](http://docs.ansible.com/community.html#mailing-list-information) and IRC.  
+
+The github issue tracker is not the best place for questions for various reasons, but both IRC and the mailing list are very helpful places for those things, and that page has the pointers to those.
+
+If you'd like to contribute code
+================================
+
+Please see [this web page](http://docs.ansible.com/community.html) for information about the contribution process.  Important license agreement information is also included on that page.
+
+If you'd like to file a bug
+===========================
+
+I'd also read the community page above, but in particular, make sure you copy [this issue template](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md) into your ticket description.  We have a friendly neighborhood bot that will remind you if you forget :)  This template helps us organize tickets faster and prevents asking some repeated questions, so it's very helpful to us and we appreciate your help with it.
+
+Also please make sure you are testing on the latest released version of Ansible or the development branch.
+
+Thanks!
+
+
+