diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2086ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+.PHONY: docs test
+
+help:
+	@echo "  env         create a development environment using virtualenv"
+	@echo "  deps        install dependencies using pip"
+	@echo "  clean       remove unwanted files like .pyc's"
+	@echo "  lint        check style with flake8"
+	@echo "  test        run all your tests using py.test"
+
+env:
+	sudo easy_install pip && \
+	pip install virtualenv && \
+	virtualenv env && \
+	. env/bin/activate && \
+	make deps
+
+deps:
+	pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+clean:
+	python manage.py clean
+
+lint:
+	flake8 --exclude=env .
+
+test:
+	py.test tests
\ No newline at end of file
--
libgit2 0.21.2