diff --git a/Autotools.gitignore b/Autotools.gitignore
index 2b479f8e..fc5e847d 100644
--- a/Autotools.gitignore
+++ b/Autotools.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # http://www.gnu.org/software/automake
 
 Makefile.in
diff --git a/Global/Mercurial.gitignore b/Global/Mercurial.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d75cc477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Global/Mercurial.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/.hg/*
+*/.hg/*
+.hgignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Global/SVN.gitignore b/Global/SVN.gitignore
index aeb378dd..1b53ace6 100644
--- a/Global/SVN.gitignore
+++ b/Global/SVN.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-/.svn/*
-*/.svn/*
\ No newline at end of file
+.svn/
diff --git a/PlayFramework.gitignore b/PlayFramework.gitignore
index 01cc9af1..f9762902 100644
--- a/PlayFramework.gitignore
+++ b/PlayFramework.gitignore
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 # except for .gitignore
 !.gitignore
 
-# Ignore Play! working directory
-tmp
-log
-test-result
+# Ignore Play! working directory #
+db
 eclipse
+log
+logs
+server.pid
+test-result
+tmp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Symfony2.gitignore b/Symfony2.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cdb9605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Symfony2.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*/logs/*
+*/cache/*
+web/uploads/*
+web/bundles/*
diff --git a/gcov.gitignore b/gcov.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6451430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcov.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# gcc coverage testing tool files
+
+*.gcno
+*.gcda
+*.gcov