diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff08e24f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+*.o
+*.a
+*~
+*.cache
+*.tar.gz
+ABOUT-NLS
+COPYING
+Make.common
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+config
+config.guess
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+configure
+configure.mc
+gettext.m4
+intl
+install-sh
+m4
+mc.qpg
+mc.spec
+missing
+mkinstalldirs
+pkginfo
+prototype
+rpm
+stamp-h
+stamp-h?
+stamp-h.in
+tmpout
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de38a724c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.1
+*.8
+mc.hlp.??
+Makefile.in
+mc.hlp
diff --git a/edit/.gitignore b/edit/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e99558847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edit/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.deps
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
diff --git a/lib/.gitignore b/lib/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa4c631a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+mc-wrapper.csh
+mc-wrapper.sh
+mc.csh
+mc.ext
+mc.sh
diff --git a/po/.gitignore b/po/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..becd1537d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.gmo
diff --git a/slang/.gitignore b/slang/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f30a4d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slang/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.deps
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+slang.h
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fcd54774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.deps
+cons.saver
+mcmfmt
+mc
+man2hlp
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+mc.hlp
+mc.hlp.??
diff --git a/vfs/.gitignore b/vfs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6be0ac64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vfs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+mcserv
+mcservx
+rar
+cpio
+zoo
+zip
+lha
+.deps
+*.sor
diff --git a/vfs/extfs/.gitignore b/vfs/extfs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c43583824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vfs/extfs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+a
+apt
+audio
+deb
+deba
+debd
+dpkg
+hp48
+iso9660
+lslR
+mailfs
+patchfs
+rpms
+ualz
+uar
+uarj
+uha
+ulha
+urar
+uzip
+uzoo