diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..72e8ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
diff --git a/chrootInstall.sh b/chrootInstall.sh
index b89febb..8492c2e 100755
--- a/chrootInstall.sh
+++ b/chrootInstall.sh
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ echo -e ""$username"        soft    memlock        64\n"$username"        hard
 mkdir -p /home/"$username"/.gnupg
 echo 'pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-tty' > /home/"$username"/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf  # forces gpg prompts to use terminal input
 curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/gai.conf -o /etc/gai.conf  # configure gai to prefer IPv6
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/micro-settings.json -o /home/"$username"/.config/micro/settings.json  # set micro to use spaces in place of tabs
 pacman -S neofetch htop --needed --noconfirm
 rc-update add local default
 
diff --git a/commit.sh b/commit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ca481d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+git add -f config-files programs chrootInstall.sh install.sh LICENSE README.md commit.sh .gitignore
+git commit -m "$1"
+git push
diff --git a/config-files/micro-settings.json b/config-files/micro-settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82a8331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config-files/micro-settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "tabstospaces": true
+}