diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 19526c2b1..3a6eaa612 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ build/*
 build-stamp
 ChangeLog
 cover/
-.coverage
 covhtml/
 dist/
 doc/build
@@ -20,9 +19,13 @@ run_tests.err.log
 run_tests.log
 setuptools*.egg/
 subunit.log
-.testrepository
-.tox/
-.venv/
 *.mo
 *.sw?
 *~
+/.*
+!/.coveragerc
+!/.gitignore
+!/.gitreview
+!/.mailmap
+!/.pylintrc
+!/.testr.conf