diff --git a/.arcconfig b/.arcconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc70fd3df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.arcconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "phabricator.uri" : "http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/"
+}
diff --git a/validate/.gitignore b/validate/.gitignore
index 464d4d7959..c9a65fc6fe 100644
--- a/validate/.gitignore
+++ b/validate/.gitignore
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ stamp-h.in
 .dirstamp
 *.gir
 *.typefind
+*.orig
 
+.arcconfig
 /m4/*m4
 
 /po
+*docs/launcher/html
+*tools/gst-validate-launcher