diff --git a/Android.gitignore b/Android.gitignore
index 0f757f48..927ef517 100644
--- a/Android.gitignore
+++ b/Android.gitignore
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 bin/
 gen/
 
+# Ignore gradle files
+.gradle/
+build/
+
 # Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
 local.properties
 
-# Eclipse project files
-.classpath
-.project
-
 # Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
 proguard/
diff --git a/Django.gitignore b/Django.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d9437c31..00000000
--- a/Django.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*.log
-*.pot
-*.pyc
-local_settings.py
diff --git a/Global/BricxCC.gitignore b/Global/BricxCC.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1d16a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Global/BricxCC.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Bricx Command Center IDE
+# http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net
+*.bak
+*.sym
diff --git a/Python.gitignore b/Python.gitignore
index f9258fb1..e363b9b9 100644
--- a/Python.gitignore
+++ b/Python.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,8 @@ coverage.xml
 .mr.developer.cfg
 .project
 .pydevproject
+
+
+-# Django stuff:
+ -*.log
+ -*.pot
diff --git a/Rails.gitignore b/Rails.gitignore
index 2c74f70f..b4be5c7b 100644
--- a/Rails.gitignore
+++ b/Rails.gitignore
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 .sass-cache
 capybara-*.html
 .rspec
-.rvmrc
-/.bundle
-/vendor/bundle
 /log
 /tmp
 /db/*.sqlite3
@@ -16,3 +13,13 @@ capybara-*.html
 rerun.txt
 pickle-email-*.html
 config/initializers/secret_token.rb
+
+## Environment normalisation:
+/.bundle
+/vendor/bundle
+
+# these should all be checked in to normalise the environment:
+# Gemfile.lock, .ruby-version, .ruby-gemset
+
+# unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
+.rvmrc
diff --git a/Ruby.gitignore b/Ruby.gitignore
index 560d1a6a..99e72c12 100644
--- a/Ruby.gitignore
+++ b/Ruby.gitignore
@@ -1,18 +1,29 @@
 *.gem
 *.rbc
-.bundle
-.config
-coverage
-InstalledFiles
-lib/bundler/man
-pkg
-rdoc
-spec/reports
-test/tmp
-test/version_tmp
-tmp
+/.config
+/coverage/
+/InstalledFiles
+/pkg/
+/spec/reports/
+/test/tmp/
+/test/version_tmp/
+/tmp/
 
-# YARD artifacts
-.yardoc
-_yardoc
-doc/
+## Documentation cache and generated files:
+/.yardoc/
+/_yardoc/
+/doc/
+/rdoc/
+
+## Environment normalisation:
+/.bundle/
+/lib/bundler/man/
+
+# for a library or gem, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+# intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# Gemfile.lock
+# .ruby-version
+# .ruby-gemset
+
+# unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
+.rvmrc
diff --git a/Unity.gitignore b/Unity.gitignore
index 123c9928..682085a5 100644
--- a/Unity.gitignore
+++ b/Unity.gitignore
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 [Oo]bj/
 
 # Autogenerated VS/MD solution and project files
-*.csproj
-*.unityproj
-*.sln
-*.suo
-*.user
+/*.csproj
+/*.unityproj
+/*.sln
+/*.suo
+/*.user
diff --git a/VisualStudio.gitignore b/VisualStudio.gitignore
index 00a10a5a..e9649177 100644
--- a/VisualStudio.gitignore
+++ b/VisualStudio.gitignore
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 *.sln.docstates
 
 # Build results
-
 [Dd]ebug/
 [Rr]elease/
 x64/
 build/
+bld/
 [Bb]in/
 [Oo]bj/
 
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ build/
 [Tt]est[Rr]esult*/
 [Bb]uild[Ll]og.*
 
+#NUNIT
+*.VisualState.xml
+TestResult.xml
+
 *_i.c
 *_p.c
 *_i.h
@@ -100,13 +104,14 @@ publish/
 
 # Publish Web Output
 *.Publish.xml
+*.azurePubxml
 
 # NuGet Packages Directory
 ## TODO: If you have NuGet Package Restore enabled, uncomment the next line
 #packages/
 
 # Windows Azure Build Output
-csx
+csx/
 *.build.csdef
 
 # Windows Store app package directory
diff --git a/Yii.gitignore b/Yii.gitignore
index 33a5154d..70f08754 100644
--- a/Yii.gitignore
+++ b/Yii.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-assets/
-protected/runtime/
+assets/*
+!assets/.gitignore
+protected/runtime/*
+!protected/runtime/.gitignore
+protected/data/*.db
 themes/classic/views/