diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 601c8857..82c6cb67 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 *.pyc
 *.egg-info
 build
-.egg
-.tox
+/.*
+!.coveragerc
+!.gitignore
+!.mailmap
+!.testr.conf
+.*.sw?
+cover/*
+covhtml
 dist
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