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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d24ad50..5d56a3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # subdirectories here. Add them in the ".gitignore" file
 # in that subdirectory instead.
 #
+# NOTE! Please use 'git ls-files -i --exclude-standard'
+# command after changing this file, to see if there are
+# any tracked files which get ignored after the change.
+#
 # Normal rules
 #
 .*
@@ -18,30 +22,41 @@
 *.lst
 *.symtypes
 *.order
+modules.builtin
+*.elf
+*.bin
+*.gz
+*.bz2
+*.lzma
+*.xz
+*.lzo
+*.patch
+*.gcno
 
 #
 # Top-level generic files
 #
-tags
-TAGS
-vmlinux*
-!vmlinux.lds.S
-System.map
-Module.markers
-Module.symvers
+/tags
+/TAGS
+/linux
+/vmlinux
+/vmlinuz
+/System.map
+/Module.markers
+/Module.symvers
+
+#
+# git files that we don't want to ignore even it they are dot-files
+#
 !.gitignore
+!.mailmap
 
 #
 # Generated include files
 #
-include/asm
-include/asm-*/asm-offsets.h
 include/config
-include/linux/autoconf.h
-include/linux/compile.h
 include/linux/version.h
-include/linux/utsrelease.h
-include/linux/bounds.h
+include/generated
 
 # stgit generated dirs
 patches-*
@@ -54,6 +69,12 @@ series
 cscope.*
 ncscope.*
 
+# gnu global files
+GPATH
+GRTAGS
+GSYMS
+GTAGS
+
 *.orig
 *~
 \#*#