diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c473190e8d..74e511515e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 *.x
 *.exe
 *.dll
+*.pyc
+__pycache__
 
 Obj_*
 log.lammps
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ log.cite
 *.orig
 *.rej
 .vagrant
+\#*#
+.#*
 
 .DS_Store
 .DS_Store?
diff --git a/doc/utils/converters/.gitignore b/doc/utils/converters/.gitignore
index 3fafd07fbe..11041c7834 100644
--- a/doc/utils/converters/.gitignore
+++ b/doc/utils/converters/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-__pycache__
 *.egg-info
diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
index e069c0ec3b..796b96d1c4 100644
--- a/python/.gitignore
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-*.pyc
-__pycache__
-build
+/build