diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6ae075..1ba1595 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ TGTest-*
 devtools/tests/data/
 dist/
 build/
+\#*\#
+.\#*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/command.py b/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/command.py
index 9b29435..7400812 100644
--- a/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/command.py
+++ b/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/command.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import shutil
 import sys
 import glob
+from subprocess import Popen
 
 from gearbox.template import GearBoxTemplate
 from gearbox.command import Command
@@ -115,6 +116,22 @@ def get_parser(self, prog_name):
             help="Disables Kajiki default templates",
             action="store_true", dest="skip_default_tmpl", default=False)
 
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--enable-git",
+            help="Enables git support: place .gitignore does `git init` and `git add .`",
+            action="store_true",
+            dest="git",
+            default=False,
+        )
+
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--enable-mercurial",
+            help="Enables hg support: place .hgignore does `hg init` and `hg add`",
+            action="store_true",
+            dest="hg",
+            default=False,
+        )
+
         parser.add_argument("--minimal-quickstart",
             help="Throw away example boilerplate from quickstart project",
             action="store_true", dest="minimal_quickstart", default=False)
@@ -276,3 +293,14 @@ def overwrite_templates(template_type):
             # remove existing migrations directory
             package_migrations_dir = os.path.abspath('migration')
             shutil.rmtree(package_migrations_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+        for vcs in ('hg', 'git'):
+            if opts.__getattribute__(vcs):
+                print('Enabling %s support' % vcs)
+                Popen([vcs, 'init']).wait()
+                Popen([vcs, 'add', '.']).wait()
+                print('remember to do:')
+                print('cd %s && %s commit -m "gearbox quickstarted"' % (opts.name, vcs))
+            else:
+                vcs_ignore = '.hgignore' if vcs == 'hg' else '.gitignore'
+                os.remove(vcs_ignore)
diff --git a/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/+dot+coveragerc_tmpl b/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/+dot+coveragerc_tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8479197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/+dot+coveragerc_tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# refer to https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html
+[run]
+source = {{package}}
+
+[report]
+show_missing = True
+
+# if you don't omit tests directory you have more chances of seeing two tests with same name
+# omit = tests/*
+
+# fail test suite if coverage drops below 100% (if you uncomment it)
+# this does not work for nosetests, set it in setup.cfg
+# fail_under = 100
+
+# Don’t include files in the report that are 100% covered files
+skip_covered = True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/+dot+gitignore_tmpl b/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/+dot+gitignore_tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92935ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/+dot+gitignore_tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# Turbogears files
+devdata.db
+
+# tgext.webassets (if plugged)
+.webassets-cache
+
+# depot (if used)
+{{project}}/depot
+
+# python files
+__pycache__/
+*.egg-info/
+*.py[cod]
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+
+# tests
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+coverage.xml
+cover/
+htmlcov/
+.pytest_cache/
+.tox/
+geckodriver.log
+
+
+# i18n Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+
+### editors, ide
+
+# emacs files
+\#*\#
+.\#*
+*_flymake.*
+flycheck_*.el
+.dir-locals.el
+
+# intellij
+.idea
+
+# vscode
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+*.code-workspace
+.history/
+
+
+### other tools
+
+# vagrant files
+.vagrant/
+*.log
+
+# ansible files
+*.retry
+
+# type checkers
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+.pyre/
+.pytype/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/+dot+hgignore_tmpl b/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/+dot+hgignore_tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddc880c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/+dot+hgignore_tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+syntax: glob
+
+# Turbogears files
+devdata.db
+
+# tgext.webassets (if plugged)
+.webassets-cache
+assets/
+
+# depot (if used)
+{{project}}/depot
+
+# python files
+__pycache__/
+*.egg-info/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+
+# tests
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+coverage.xml
+cover/
+htmlcov/
+.pytest_cache/
+.tox/
+geckodriver.log
+
+
+# i18n Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+
+### editors, ide
+
+# emacs files
+\#*\#
+.\#*
+*_flymake.*
+flycheck_*.el
+.dir-locals.el
+
+# intellij
+.idea
+
+# vscode
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+*.code-workspace
+.history/
+
+
+### other tools
+
+# vagrant files
+.vagrant/
+*.log
+
+# ansible files
+*.retry
+
+# type checkers
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+.pyre/
+.pytype/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/setup.cfg_tmpl b/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/setup.cfg_tmpl
index 18c6c53..1731f26 100755
--- a/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/setup.cfg_tmpl
+++ b/devtools/gearbox/quickstart/template/setup.cfg_tmpl
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ detailed-errors = 1
 with-coverage = false
 cover-erase = true
 cover-package = {{package}}
+#cover-min-percentage=100
 
 # Babel configuration
 [compile_catalog]