diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee44a9639..3433ce391 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,17 @@
+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+debug/
+target/
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
+*.pdb
+
+
+# Generated by Intellij-based IDEs.
 .idea
-target
+
+# Generated by MacOS
+.DS_Store