diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46ee8d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+*.o
+*.lo
+*.la
+*.exe
+*.pc
+.libs
+.deps
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache
+autotools
+config.h.in
+config.h
+config.log
+config.status
+configure
+libtool
+stamp-*
+*-stamp
+INSTALL
+caca-config
diff --git a/cxx/.gitignore b/cxx/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a9dfd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cxx/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cxxtest
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0adaec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+doxygen.cfg
+man
+html
+latex
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7db8c88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cacaview
+cacadraw
+cacademo
+cacafire
+cacaplay
+cacaserver
+img2irc
diff --git a/test/.gitignore b/test/.gitignore
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index 0000000..a61c76b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+blit
+colors
+cucul
+demo
+demo0
+dithering
+event
+export
+font
+font2tga
+frames
+fullwidth
+gamma
+hsv
+import
+input
+spritedit
+swallow
+term
+text
+transform
+truecolor
+unicode
diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
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index 0000000..a11bdf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+optipal
+makefont
+sortchars