diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3aad3f4..8a72485 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
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-config.h
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-config.status
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-examples/Makefile
-examples/cli
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-examples/testit
-examples/testit.o
-include/Makefile
-man/Makefile
-man/Makefile
-src/.deps
-src/Makefile
-src/*.o
-src/*.lo
-src/libeditline.a
-src/libeditline.la
-stamp-h1
 *~
 */.libs/
+*.lo
+*.o
+.deps
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+archive
+autom4te.cache
+compile
+config.guess
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+stamp-h1
diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e858a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.o
+cli
+testit
diff --git a/m4/.gitignore b/m4/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f4126c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.m4
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3057f3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+libeditline.a
+libeditline.la