diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3ba0914f..6a9c8a2d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,69 @@
-site/
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
 env/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
 dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
 htmlcov/
 .tox/
-mkdocs.egg-info/
-*.pyc
 .coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*,cover
+.hypothesis/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# IPython Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# virtualenv
+venv/
+ENV/
+
+# MkDocs documentation
+site/