diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3842f433b40..a88b36e9b34 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,14 +5,18 @@
 *.pyd
 *.pyo
 *.rej
+*.swp
 *~
+.gdb_history
 Doc/build/
 Doc/tools/docutils/
+Doc/tools/jinja/
 Doc/tools/jinja2/
 Doc/tools/pygments/
 Doc/tools/sphinx/
 Lib/lib2to3/*.pickle
 Lib/_sysconfigdata.py
+Lib/plat-mac/errors.rsrc.df.rsrc
 Makefile
 Makefile.pre
 Misc/python.pc
@@ -31,19 +35,34 @@ PCbuild/*.ncb
 PCbuild/*.o
 PCbuild/*.pdb
 PCbuild/Win32-temp-*
+PCbuild/amd64/
+.purify
 Parser/pgen
 __pycache__
 autom4te.cache
 build/
+buildno
+config.cache
+config.log
+config.status
+config.status.lineno
+core
+db_home
 config.log
 config.status
 libpython*.a
 libpython*.so*
+platform
 pybuilddir.txt
 pyconfig.h
 python
+python.exe
 python-gdb.py
+python.exe-gdb.py
+reflog.txt
+.svn/
 tags
+TAGS
 .coverage
 coverage/
 htmlcov/
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index d5a351017f1..265cb1784e7 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ Lorenzo M. Catucci
 Donn Cave
 Charles Cazabon
 Per Cederqvist
+Matej Cepl
 Octavian Cerna
 Pascal Chambon
 John Chandler
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index eaa9014e96d..c8301bd65c1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ Tools/Demos
 Build
 -----
 
+- Issue #14472: Update .gitignore. Patch by Matej Cepl.
+
 - Upgrade Windows library versions: bzip 1.0.6, OpenSSL 1.0.1c.
 
 - Issue #14693: Under non-Windows platforms, hashlib's fallback modules are