diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d2f6810f1..1be258215 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-led / optimized / DLL files
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
+*$py.class
 
 # C extensions
 *.so
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ develop-eggs/
 dist/
 downloads/
 eggs/
+.eggs/
 lib/
 lib64/
 parts/
@@ -36,9 +38,11 @@ pip-delete-this-directory.txt
 htmlcov/
 .tox/
 .coverage
+.coverage.*
 .cache
 nosetests.xml
 coverage.xml
+*,cover
 
 # Translations
 *.mo
@@ -71,7 +75,6 @@ target/
 .settings
 .vagrant
 
+# specific to this project
 static
-
-components
 bower_components