diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a7eb80d50707733934091b7658c651b97e5bcd6..930bbe11be12a3a2e3a4755a421ff3f28de06d75 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 .idea
 /nbproject/private/
 .phplint-cache
+
+# Vim and patch specific excludes
 *.swp
+*.orig
+*.rej
 
 # macOS-specific things to exclude