diff --git a/Ada.gitignore b/Ada.gitignore
index af635597a8df97690e0822a25d007fda9c55fe68..b4d703968a488445345202ef8d45a35cc802aa03 100644
--- a/Ada.gitignore
+++ b/Ada.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 *.o
 
 # Ada Library Information
-*.ali
\ No newline at end of file
+*.ali
diff --git a/ArchLinuxPackages.gitignore b/ArchLinuxPackages.gitignore
index 77aed91ace5359ea3c447713ab5a1d9667e1272e..6cf5bf838aeed015d0ea4b468c40a0eed37ca464 100644
--- a/ArchLinuxPackages.gitignore
+++ b/ArchLinuxPackages.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *.tar
 *.tar.*
+*.zip
+*.tgz
 *.log
 *.log.*
 *.sig
diff --git a/DM.gitignore b/DM.gitignore
index 34f782a7435b9269e430a565f321d6e054b1564e..ba5abdab83666220c8dbd5367c9cff1d4898222c 100644
--- a/DM.gitignore
+++ b/DM.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 *.rsc
 *.int
 *.lk
-*.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+*.zip
diff --git a/Dart.gitignore b/Dart.gitignore
index 602616ce808aeffda5165d62d896f539cf266bca..74a3439f87b85a56066ea18e0cb1b679a3e15d48 100644
--- a/Dart.gitignore
+++ b/Dart.gitignore
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-# Don’t commit the following files and directories created by pub and dart2js
+# Don’t commit the following directories created by pub.
+build/
 packages/
+
+# Or the files created by dart2js.
+*.dart.js
+*.dart.precompiled.js
 *.js_
 *.js.deps
 *.js.map
 
-# Include when developing application packages
+# Include when developing application packages.
 pubspec.lock
-
-# Avoid committing generated JavaScript files
-*.dart.js
diff --git a/Delphi.gitignore b/Delphi.gitignore
index e186b94c2dd8c1f6d86baa363f57a90f33f8d55b..72fe09257eba3dc1b944f6e56ddba9e33ed9eae8 100644
--- a/Delphi.gitignore
+++ b/Delphi.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 *.dres
 *.rsm
 *.tds
+*.dcu
 
 # Delphi autogenerated files (duplicated info)
 *.cfg
diff --git a/Drupal.gitignore b/Drupal.gitignore
index a14c765d4b1deffe6648dade3b93ca99cd1af0b8..04aed3b676adf50bae613f2b679d5db1b8387d17 100644
--- a/Drupal.gitignore
+++ b/Drupal.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 sites/*/*settings*.php
 
 # Ignore paths that contain generated content.
-cache/
 files/
 sites/*/files
 sites/*/private
diff --git a/EPiServer.gitignore b/EPiServer.gitignore
index ca7a7862ed786f73b065aaa71321f0eef07e4dcd..97037de743e26b47451a693b0c186564c669b4dc 100644
--- a/EPiServer.gitignore
+++ b/EPiServer.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ######################
 ## EPiServer Files
 ######################
-*License.config
\ No newline at end of file
+*License.config
diff --git a/Fancy.gitignore b/Fancy.gitignore
index 6b3450749db32e6c90f7c01cb937619f10711b83..70d6e631e55268e6bf2f051e37e4856c852a9d1e 100644
--- a/Fancy.gitignore
+++ b/Fancy.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 *.rbc
-*.fyc
\ No newline at end of file
+*.fyc
diff --git a/Global/Ensime.gitignore b/Global/Ensime.gitignore
index 6d8c2b09f6a67c4321404dc1c612b1278b8952d5..3772bdfea9b93aac8f5667661bb079c1efb25f94 100644
--- a/Global/Ensime.gitignore
+++ b/Global/Ensime.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Ensime specific
 .ensime
-.ensime_lucene/
\ No newline at end of file
+.ensime_lucene/
diff --git a/Global/FlexBuilder.gitignore b/Global/FlexBuilder.gitignore
index b6ce3f1eb50482b7c27cd445aed6fc705f9e5f31..bbbfb91d9ebd03f852c3478393fe82ec579339ae 100644
--- a/Global/FlexBuilder.gitignore
+++ b/Global/FlexBuilder.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 bin/
 bin-debug/
+bin-release/
diff --git a/Global/Lazarus.gitignore b/Global/Lazarus.gitignore
index e7149354802580ac03d09f1e1cdfa19db2bd1ce5..0ea9e1898034e318e690527ef0b2ae2fa34f2acd 100644
--- a/Global/Lazarus.gitignore
+++ b/Global/Lazarus.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ lib/
 *.ppu
 
 #exclude executable output in windows
-*.exe
\ No newline at end of file
+*.exe
diff --git a/Global/NotepadPP.gitignore b/Global/NotepadPP.gitignore
index 9ec9df158b321cfa83de9580bac5b18459ff4f7f..8fbda83a2c96d96fc56d5913852bd7d360830b58 100644
--- a/Global/NotepadPP.gitignore
+++ b/Global/NotepadPP.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Notepad++ backups #
-*.bak
\ No newline at end of file
+*.bak
diff --git a/Global/OSX.gitignore b/Global/OSX.gitignore
index 65b94232319751ce6a1db4a4855807c7b00826c7..2faefcf65c022b98898925279a6b330e5486029c 100644
--- a/Global/OSX.gitignore
+++ b/Global/OSX.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,10 @@ Icon
 # Files that might appear on external disk
 .Spotlight-V100
 .Trashes
+
+# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
+.AppleDB
+.AppleDesktop
+Network Trash Folder
+Temporary Items
+
diff --git a/Global/SlickEdit.gitignore b/Global/SlickEdit.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f30b8da457c6da2d2fc9641dd9f962e57b7fb13c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Global/SlickEdit.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# SlickEdit workspace and project files are ignored by default because
+# typically they are considered to be developer-specific and not part of a
+# project.
+*.vpw
+*.vpj
+
+# SlickEdit workspace history and tag files always contain user-specific
+# data so they should not be stored in a repository.
+*.vpwhistu
+*.vpwhist
+*.vtg
diff --git a/Global/SublimeText.gitignore b/Global/SublimeText.gitignore
index e5bfb72356e426aec5f166199f56d1175d489e6b..77b2848ac13c5b26d5ac7f4b253a366292664dd4 100644
--- a/Global/SublimeText.gitignore
+++ b/Global/SublimeText.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 # project files should be checked into the repository, unless a significant
 # proportion of contributors will probably not be using SublimeText
 # *.sublime-project
+
+#sftp configuration file
+sftp-config.json
diff --git a/Global/Xcode.gitignore b/Global/Xcode.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3a130f18c55102d93a06c81ad1776bf81d681449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Global/Xcode.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+build/
+*.pbxuser
+!default.pbxuser
+*.mode1v3
+!default.mode1v3
+*.mode2v3
+!default.mode2v3
+*.perspectivev3
+!default.perspectivev3
+xcuserdata
+*.xccheckout
+*.moved-aside
+DerivedData
diff --git a/Maven.gitignore b/Maven.gitignore
index 94eab12d69e4e595a55bb3816b53039072439a26..088836b54da95791138c6726bde179073d3fd2e5 100644
--- a/Maven.gitignore
+++ b/Maven.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 target/
 pom.xml.tag
 pom.xml.releaseBackup
+pom.xml.versionsBackup
 pom.xml.next
 release.properties
diff --git a/Meteor.gitignore b/Meteor.gitignore
index 6a6ea0e50a7f5f940aa68996923e42d39d5a7e1d..0167b87cc3e36081f694cbf03fce7d28f68f0c9e 100644
--- a/Meteor.gitignore
+++ b/Meteor.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 .meteor/local
-.meteor/meteorite
\ No newline at end of file
+.meteor/meteorite
diff --git a/Objective-C.gitignore b/Objective-C.gitignore
index ecb86fa7b7b79e5cbf54fad14e9f7dfe20439a4c..8f9935dab29b51b0632083e62b96ebcb317ed930 100644
--- a/Objective-C.gitignore
+++ b/Objective-C.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Xcode
+#
 build/
 *.pbxuser
 !default.pbxuser
@@ -10,11 +11,15 @@ build/
 !default.perspectivev3
 xcuserdata
 *.xccheckout
-profile
 *.moved-aside
 DerivedData
 *.hmap
 *.ipa
 
 # CocoaPods
-Pods
+#
+# We recommend against adding the Pods directory to your .gitignore. However
+# you should judge for yourself, the pros and cons are mentioned at:
+# http://guides.cocoapods.org/using/using-cocoapods.html#should-i-ignore-the-pods-directory-in-source-control?
+#
+# Pods/
diff --git a/OpenCart.gitignore b/OpenCart.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d72b17dc64c2b91fcfb884032e8fe355228daa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenCart.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.htaccess
+config.php
+admin/config.php
+
+!index.html
+
+download/
+image/data/
+image/cache/
+system/cache/
+system/logs/
diff --git a/Packer.gitignore b/Packer.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1b7a03efdd72ff50f9e4c725720ea6ccad2b8174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packer.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Cache objects
+packer_cache/
+
+# For built boxes
+*.box
diff --git a/Phalcon.gitignore b/Phalcon.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6ffe3aa220a9838f75900cf00e755ced29859d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Phalcon.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/cache/
+/config/development/
diff --git a/PlayFramework.gitignore b/PlayFramework.gitignore
index 3bf0228958bfb9bbe1ccbdcd33aeb1ebea359e4b..4735f055fc88c2df054392ae5789d9ae1e14ca31 100644
--- a/PlayFramework.gitignore
+++ b/PlayFramework.gitignore
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 # Ignore Play! working directory #
-bin
-db
-eclipse
-lib
-log
-logs
-modules
-precompiled
-project/project
-project/target
-target
-tmp
+bin/
+/db
+.eclipse
+/lib/
+/logs/
+/modules
+/project/project
+/project/target
+/target
+tmp/
 test-result
 server.pid
 *.iml
 *.eml
-dist
+/dist/
 .cache
diff --git a/Prestashop.gitignore b/Prestashop.gitignore
index e957df948439aadcd3f812c7fe01d840d443d415..890c4e60273bfa632aba6494002f41b12c0c6492 100644
--- a/Prestashop.gitignore
+++ b/Prestashop.gitignore
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ themes/default/cache/*.css
 
 # Ignore files on root directory
 robots.txt
-sitemap.xml
\ No newline at end of file
+sitemap.xml
diff --git a/Qt.gitignore b/Qt.gitignore
index 29d98c9e6251c96886d2e2c8c281b26ac026e4f3..623e5fea2616365ba0ad15b668a34a27246096ed 100644
--- a/Qt.gitignore
+++ b/Qt.gitignore
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
 
 # Qt-es
 
+/.qmake.cache
+/.qmake.stash
 *.pro.user
 *.pro.user.*
+*.moc
 moc_*.cpp
 qrc_*.cpp
 ui_*.h
diff --git a/R.gitignore b/R.gitignore
index a0fd3b34de2b79aed37fceb9c3a6640142e6de82..9a1509d5ade5c5e989d1df6dd94049f494ecb3c8 100644
--- a/R.gitignore
+++ b/R.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 
 # Example code in package build process
 *-Ex.R
+
+# R data files from past sessions
+.Rdata
diff --git a/Rails.gitignore b/Rails.gitignore
index 1a2c94dc523491dd1b597c8b3bf3f93ab4b3bed7..c5c092beefac6e27478577142ff296920905365a 100644
--- a/Rails.gitignore
+++ b/Rails.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ capybara-*.html
 **.orig
 rerun.txt
 pickle-email-*.html
+
+# TODO Comment out this rules if you are OK with secrets been uploaded to the repo
 config/initializers/secret_token.rb
 config/secrets.yml
 
diff --git a/TeX.gitignore b/TeX.gitignore
index f19b71f36b24e7b5ce9d90c8ac33d720102749e9..91b15a2a7b3e826072bf3ed31a686dd0e77b2929 100644
--- a/TeX.gitignore
+++ b/TeX.gitignore
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@
 # nomencl
 *.nlo
 
+# sagetex
+*.sagetex.sage
+*.sagetex.py
+*.sagetex.scmd
+
+# sympy
+*.sout
+*.sympy
+sympy-plots-for-*.tex/
+
 # todonotes
 *.tdo
 
diff --git a/VVVV.gitignore b/VVVV.gitignore
index 55a6a4b7c0b1643318f6d361b5c1aefe93bee7f1..5df4324603e0cd5f096e56a3a669f962cbde4509 100644
--- a/VVVV.gitignore
+++ b/VVVV.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@
 
 # Dynamic plugins .dll
 bin/
-
diff --git a/VisualStudio.gitignore b/VisualStudio.gitignore
index 748683d0aa6b403de4fb46e8b179362a58c391a8..5a71cec1e0cd4cef24cbb06f840c2a48388e240c 100644
--- a/VisualStudio.gitignore
+++ b/VisualStudio.gitignore
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ _TeamCity*
 *.dotCover
 
 # NCrunch
-*.ncrunch*
 _NCrunch_*
 .*crunch*.local.xml
 
@@ -121,6 +120,8 @@ publish/
 # Publish Web Output
 *.[Pp]ublish.xml
 *.azurePubxml
+## TODO: Comment the next line if you want to checkin your web deploy settings but do note that will include unencrypted passwords
+*.pubxml
 
 # NuGet Packages Directory
 packages/
diff --git a/opencart.gitignore b/opencart.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c673f1f8c06b4716da658f67d8f3180f34fc5bf8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/opencart.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-config.php
-admin/config.php
-
-!index.html
-
-download
-image/cache/*.jpg
-image/cache/data/*
-system/cache
-system/logs