diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9154f4c7..d85fc63b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,25 @@
 hs_err_pid*
 replay_pid*
 
+# Add any directories, files, or patterns you don't want to be tracked by version control
+out
+ClientProject/out
+ServerProject/out
+Data
+Components/*
+BackUps/*
+*.log
+*.sqlite
+*.ilk
+Bugs/*
+Archives/*
+Temp/*
+Projects/*
+CompilationTasks/*
+User/*
+RunTasks/*
+Makefiles/*
+Repo/*
+Sts/*
+Tests/*
+debug.log
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