diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67a6788fc..6c1b6da27 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,18 +3,20 @@ Debug/
 Release/
 .vs/
 *~
-.deps
 *.o
 *.a
 *.la
+*.exe
+*.dll
 po*/*.gmo
 po*/POTFILES
-po*/stamp-po
-.dirstamp
-build
-build-cmake
-cmake-build
-.qmake.stash
+build*/
 src/celestia/win32/res/resource_strings.cpp
 src/celestia/qt/rc.cpp
-data/*.cpp
+locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/
+data/
+extras/
+extras-standard/
+models/
+textures/
+mingw/