diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..925d39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+TODO
+*_v*.*.sch
+*_v*.*.pcb
+*.pdf
+*.png
+*~
+\#*.sch\#
+attribs
+*_notes.txt
+*_bom.csv
+*_cost.csv
+*.net
+*.cmd
+*.new.pcb
+*.pcb-
+*.pcb.bak
+*.gbr
+*.cnc
+hardware-release*.tar.*
+
+*.swp
diff --git a/lib/footprints/.gitignore b/lib/footprints/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bad313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/footprints/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.fp-
diff --git a/lib/symbols/.gitignore b/lib/symbols/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66f0be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/symbols/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+lib/symbols/\#*.sym\#
+lib/symbols/*.sym~