diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b9f50c588..8cb0e48c79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+# ignore dot files/directories
+.*
+!.gitignore
+
 *.autosave
 *.pyc
 *.user
 *~
-.*.swp
-.DS_Store
-.sw[a-z]
 tags
 tegra/
-.cache