diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eefeddb66..62c1c7bcf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+# https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore
+
 build
 deprecated
 .ansible
 *.patches
 *.log
 *.retry
+
+# Lines below for emacs, which generates even more tmp files since 2022
 *~
 .#*
+\#*#