diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bef143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Makefile
+/config.h
+/config.sh
+*~
+*.o
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc7ce2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/download.1
+/download.html
+/helper.1
+/helper.html
+/surfer.1
+/surfer.html
diff --git a/po/.gitignore b/po/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa144cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/Surfer.pot
+/*.mo
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ceb486c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/download
+/surfer
diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03bc722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/helper