diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c912f514c..f2c2ad99bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,8 @@ gstreamer-sharp-0.10.pc
 *.la
 *.lo
 *.o
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.orig
+gstreamer-sharp-*.tar.gz*
+gstreamer-sharp-*.tar.bz2*
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
index 248420fa53..f24ee0e5d5 100644
--- a/doc/.gitignore
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 gstreamer-sharp-docs.tree
 gstreamer-sharp-docs.zip
+*html*
+en/ns-.xml
diff --git a/elementgen/.gitignore b/elementgen/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65aaf2a6e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elementgen/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gsts-xmlinspect
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bc7ab05fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+%temp%
+TestResult.xml
+*NUnit*Trace.txt*