diff --git a/Node.gitignore b/Node.gitignore
index 4d063b5c..c6a071ea 100644
--- a/Node.gitignore
+++ b/Node.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+# See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
+#
+# If you find yourself ignoring temporary files generated by your text editor
+# or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
+#   git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
+
+log/*
+public/assets
+tmp
+.project
+.bundle
+.idea
+.gems
+
+# OS generated files #
+######################
+.DS_Store*
+ehthumbs.db
+Icon?
+Thumbs.db
 lib-cov
 *.seed
 *.log
@@ -12,4 +32,4 @@ logs
 results
 
 npm-debug.log
-node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules