diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e43b0f9889..5617d4bb48 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
+# MacOS specific ignores
 .DS_Store
+
+# excluded packages
+/Default/
+/User/
+
+# python cache files
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc