diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c5dfc2b31cc..63662f92d07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 *~
 /*
-!/*/
+/*/
+!/3rdparty/
+!/artwork/
+!/docs/
+!/hash/
+!/hlsl/
+!/keymaps/
+!/nl_examples/
+!/samples/
+!/scripts/
+!/src/
+!/tests/
+!/web/
 !/.gitattributes
 !/.gitignore
 !/.travis.yml
 !/makefile
-!/mame.doxygen 
+!/mame.doxygen
 !/*.md
-/cfg
-/diff
-/ini
-/inp
-/nvram
-/obj
-/roms
-/snap
 src/regtests/chdman/temp
 src/regtests/jedutil/output
-/sta
-*.pyc
-/build
-/documentation
\ No newline at end of file
+*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file