diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a978eb96..8e0c919e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-/ABOUT-NLS~
-*.eps
 *.log
 *.o
 *.pdf
-*.png
 *.stamp
 *.trs
 *~
diff --git a/examples/c++/.gitignore b/examples/c++/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85bf7528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c++/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/simple.yy
diff --git a/gnulib-po/.gitignore b/gnulib-po/.gitignore
index f2acc705..9cbe130a 100644
--- a/gnulib-po/.gitignore
+++ b/gnulib-po/.gitignore
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@
 /en@quot.header
 /insert-header.sin
 /quot.sed
+/remove-potcdate.sed
 /remove-potcdate.sin
+/stamp-po
diff --git a/lib/.gitignore b/lib/.gitignore
index 70f13cd6..237ae052 100644
--- a/lib/.gitignore
+++ b/lib/.gitignore
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 /getdtablesize.c
 /gethrxtime.c
 /gethrxtime.h
+/getopt-cdefs.h
 /getopt-cdefs.in.h
 /getopt-core.h
 /getopt-ext.h
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@
 /sys_types.in.h
 /sys_wait.in.h
 /sysexits.in.h
+/textstyle.h
 /textstyle.in.h
 /time.h
 /time.in.h
diff --git a/m4/.gitignore b/m4/.gitignore
index 0d5b7472..9d8cc7be 100644
--- a/m4/.gitignore
+++ b/m4/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*~
 /00gnulib.m4
+/__inline.m4
 /absolute-header.m4
 /alloca.m4
 /asm-underscore.m4