diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68e9891..76a30a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-/*
-!/.gitignore
-!/.init.el
-!/custom.el
-!/snippets
-!/ssh-config-keywords.txt
 *.elc
-!/elpa
+*.pyc
+/elpy/*
+*.jar
+/elpa/archives/*
+/elpa/gnupg/*
+/settings.el
+/recentf
+/history
+/tramp
+/backup/*
+/%backup%~
+/auto-save-list/*
+/autosave/*