diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b03c93b..1a03bac5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,7 +22,25 @@
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
 
-.idea
+# maven ignore
+target/
+.mvn/
+bin/
+.sts4-cache/
+*.versionsBackup
 
-*/target
-/target/
+# eclipse ignore
+.settings/
+.project
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+
+# idea ignore
+.idea/
+*.ipr
+*.iml
+*.iws
+
+# system ignore
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
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