diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ee20805..c7841595 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,17 +5,27 @@ Config
 *.so
 *~
 \#*#
+
 # cscope
 cscope.*
 ncscope.*
+TAGS
+
+# git files that we don't want to ignore even it they are dot-files
+!.gitignore
+!.mailmap
+
 # for patch generation
 *.diff
 *.patch
 *.orig
 *.rej
+
 # for quilt
+.pc
 patches
 series
+
 # for gdb
 .gdbinit
 .gdb_history