diff --git a/metadata/.gitignore b/metadata/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8847751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+md5-cache/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/metadata/layout.conf b/metadata/layout.conf
index 20fcfea..9db2be1 100644
--- a/metadata/layout.conf
+++ b/metadata/layout.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+repo-name = puqns67-overlay
+
 masters = gentoo
+
+manifest-hashes = BLAKE2B SHA512
+manifest-required-hashes = BLAKE2B
+
+eapis-banned = 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
+eapis-deprecated = 7
+
+profile-eapis-banned = 0 1 2 3 4 6 7
+profile-eapis-deprecated =
+
+cache-formats = md5-dict
+
 thin-manifests = true
+
+sign-commits = true
 sign-manifests = false