diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c54db9289e..9b4a4b2ee4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,19 @@ _site/**
 CNAME
 .travis.yml
 .idea/
+
+# Vim ignore
+# source: https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Global/Vim.gitignore
+
+# swap
+[._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
+[._]*.sw[a-p]
+[._]s[a-v][a-z]
+[._]sw[a-p]
+# session
+Session.vim
+# temporary
+.netrwhist
+*~
+# auto-generated tag files
+tags