diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 62660e298..83835ca98 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ mdate-sh
 install-sh
 texinfo.tex
 *~
+,*
 BUGS
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
@@ -63,3 +64,7 @@ mkinstalldirs
 pre-inst-guile
 pre-inst-guile-env
 stamp-h1
+guile-procedures.txt
+guile-config/guile-config
+guile-readline/guile-readline-config.h
+guile-readline/guile-readline-config.h.in
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecbb7fc6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+stamp-vti
diff --git a/doc/ref/.gitignore b/doc/ref/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e75ab5350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/ref/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+autoconf-macros.texi
diff --git a/libguile/.gitignore b/libguile/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41f7909d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libguile/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+c-tokenize.c
+cpp_err_symbols.c
+cpp_sig_symbols.c
+gen-scmconfig
+gen-scmconfig.h
+guile
+guile-doc-snarf
+guile-func-name-check
+guile-procedures.texi
+guile-snarf
+guile-snarf-docs
+guile_filter_doc_snarfage
+libpath.h
+scmconfig.h
+version.h
diff --git a/test-suite/standalone/.gitignore b/test-suite/standalone/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96a663d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-suite/standalone/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+test-conversion
+test-gh
+test-list
+test-num2integral
+test-round
+test-unwind
+test-with-guile-module