diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 602f17de4707..c6f8742c1083 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
-/src
-/pkg
-/npm-cache
-*.tar.gz
-*.pkg.tar.*
-*.tgz
-*.code-workspace
+# Ignore everything by default
+*
+
+# Whitelist the essentials
+!.gitignore
+!.SRCINFO
+!PKGBUILD
+
+# Whitelist auxiliary files
+!*.install
+!*.patch
+!*.diff
+!*.service
+!*.desktop
+!*.conf
+!*.png
+!*.svg
+!*.sysusers
+!*.tmpfiles
+!LICENSE
+!README.md
+!CHANGELOG.md
+!*.ini
+!*.txt