diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66b10c18..762cc89f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,135 @@
-*pyc
-*__pycache__
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
 .cache
-.pytest_cache
\ No newline at end of file
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63894285..c096e149 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,15 @@
 # fetchcode
 A library to reliably fetch code via HTTP, FTP and version control systems. 
+
+# Installation
+Clone the repo using 
+`git clone https://github.com/nexB/fetchcode`
+
+Then install all the requirements using 
+`pip3 install -r requirements.txt`
+
+# Running Test Suite
+
+To run test suite
+`python3 -m pytest`
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e662359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+attrs==19.3.0
+certifi==2019.11.28
+chardet==3.0.4
+idna==2.9
+importlib-metadata==1.5.0
+more-itertools==8.2.0
+packaging==20.1
+pathlib2==2.3.5
+pkg-resources==0.0.0
+pluggy==0.13.1
+py==1.8.1
+pyparsing==2.4.6
+pytest==5.3.5
+requests==2.23.0
+six==1.14.0
+urllib3==1.25.8
+wcwidth==0.1.8
+zipp==1.2.0