diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc00087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Makefile
+*.o
diff --git a/po/.gitignore b/po/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9021331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/XMLEditor.pot
+/*.mo
+/*.po~
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39ea131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/xmleditor