diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13032ec18..f0fc03606 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 #Kwrite/Gedit/Other crapapps making backups
 *~
 
-#Eclipse
-.project
-.pydevproject
-.settings
 
 #Patch files
 *.patch
@@ -15,9 +11,110 @@
 #Personal
 /saveddata/
 
-#PyCharm
-.idea/
 
 #Pyfa file
 pyfaFits.html
+
+
+# Based on https://github.com/github/gitignore
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+env/
 build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+Pyfa.egg-info/
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*,cover
+.hypothesis/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# IPython Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# dotenv
+.env
+
+# virtualenv
+.venv/
+venv/
+ENV/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# Eclipse project settings
+.project
+.pydevproject
+.settings
+
+# Pycharm project settings
+.idea
+eos.iml