diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1131ac78..88293a6d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
-bin/
-include/
-lib/
-local/
-share/
-virtualenv/
-pip-selfcheck.json
-db-local.sqlite3*
+# virtual env
+/bin/
+/include/
+/lib/
+/local/
+/share/
+/virtualenv/
+/pip-selfcheck.json
 
+
+# transient files
+/db-local.sqlite3*
 /static
 /media
+/mamweb/static
+
+# aux files
 *.pyc
 *.swp