diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee337553..0a70ae91 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,37 @@
 # (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+# Ignore other VCSs.
+.svn/
+
+# Ignore common compiled artifacts.
+*~
+*.o
+lib*.a
+/breakpad.pc
+/breakpad-client.pc
+/src/client/linux/linux_client_unittest_shlib
+/src/client/linux/linux_dumper_unittest_helper
+/src/processor/microdump_stackwalk
+/src/processor/minidump_dump
+/src/processor/minidump_stackwalk
+/src/tools/linux/core2md/core2md
+/src/tools/linux/dump_syms/dump_syms
+/src/tools/linux/md2core/minidump-2-core
+/src/tools/linux/symupload/minidump_upload
+/src/tools/linux/symupload/sym_upload
+
+# Ignore autotools generated artifacts.
+.deps
+.dirstamp
+autom4te.cache/
+/config.cache
+config.h
+/config.log
+/config.status
+/Makefile
+stamp-h1
+
 # Ignore GYP generated Visual Studio artifacts.
 *.filters
 *.sdf