diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a12acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.o
+applet/
+*~
+*.orig
+*.rej
diff --git a/Marlin/.gitignore b/Marlin/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 37a3c9b..0000000
--- a/Marlin/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-applet/