diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb5a316..0e205d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,20 @@
-target
+
+# Configuration file 
+Settings.*
+
+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+debug/
+target/
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
+# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
+Cargo.lock
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
+*.pdb
+
+.idea