diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f21a847d57..54bb06ab0b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 # file types to ignore
 .*
-!/.gitignore
 !/.clang-format
+!/.clang-tidy
 !/.git-blame-ignore-revs
 !/.gitattributes
+!/.gitignore
+!/.gitmodules
+!/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+!/.pylintrc
+!/.github/
+!/contrib/.vscode/
+!*.gitattributes
+!*.gitignore
 *.DS_Store
 *.pyc
 *.obj