diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 524f9d3..cb6bb4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ This repository is part of the ansible-archlinux setup. It contains all my perso
 All content is managed by [rcm](https://robots.thoughtbot.com/rcm-for-rc-files-in-dotfiles-repos).
 
 The ansible setup will install this repo to ~/.dotfiles and rcm will take care
-of all symlinks.
+of all symlinks. To add a new dotfile simply execute `mkrc .$DOTFILE`
diff --git a/gitconfig b/gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1c2fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[user]
+    email = aaron@duckpond.ch
+    name = id101010
+    signingkey = 348F38C5
+[commit]
+    gpgsign = true
+[alias]
+    logs = log --show-signature