diff --git a/Android.gitignore b/Android.gitignore
index 56cc6425..23de6e20 100644
--- a/Android.gitignore
+++ b/Android.gitignore
@@ -83,3 +83,6 @@ lint/generated/
 lint/outputs/
 lint/tmp/
 # lint/reports/
+
+# Android Profiling
+*.hprof
diff --git a/Global/README.md b/Global/README.md
index 06b6649b..6e57d87f 100644
--- a/Global/README.md
+++ b/Global/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This directory contains globally useful gitignores,
 e.g. OS-specific and editor specific.
 
 For more on global gitignores:
-<https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/#create-a-global-gitignore>
+<https://help.github.com/en/github/using-git/ignoring-files#configuring-ignored-files-for-all-repositories-on-your-computer>
 
 And a good blog post about 'em:
 <http://augustl.com/blog/2009/global_gitignores>
diff --git a/Godot.gitignore b/Godot.gitignore
index 122aab1c..4f48ad79 100644
--- a/Godot.gitignore
+++ b/Godot.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # Godot-specific ignores
 .import/
 export.cfg
diff --git a/KiCad.gitignore b/KiCad.gitignore
index 853ee63f..bd70969a 100644
--- a/KiCad.gitignore
+++ b/KiCad.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 *.bak
 *.bck
 *.kicad_pcb-bak
+*.kicad_sch-bak
+*.kicad_prl
 *.sch-bak
 *~
 _autosave-*
diff --git a/R.gitignore b/R.gitignore
index e2101077..da10c745 100644
--- a/R.gitignore
+++ b/R.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@ vignettes/*.pdf
 
 # pkgdown site
 docs/
+
+# translation temp files
+po/*~
diff --git a/Rust.gitignore b/Rust.gitignore
index 088ba6ba..ff47c2d7 100644
--- a/Rust.gitignore
+++ b/Rust.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Generated by Cargo
 # will have compiled files and executables
-/target/
+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
diff --git a/Terraform.gitignore b/Terraform.gitignore
index 8778d48f..beb38d84 100644
--- a/Terraform.gitignore
+++ b/Terraform.gitignore
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
 # Crash log files
 crash.log
 
-# Ignore any .tfvars files that are generated automatically for each Terraform run. Most
-# .tfvars files are managed as part of configuration and so should be included in
-# version control.
+# Exclude all .tfvars files, which are likely to contain sentitive data, such as
+# password, private keys, and other secrets. These should not be part of version 
+# control as they are data points which are potentially sensitive and subject 
+# to change depending on the environment.
 #
-# example.tfvars
+*.tfvars
 
 # Ignore override files as they are usually used to override resources locally and so
 # are not checked in
diff --git a/VisualStudio.gitignore b/VisualStudio.gitignore
index 83ba0814..1ee53850 100644
--- a/VisualStudio.gitignore
+++ b/VisualStudio.gitignore
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ _TeamCity*
 !.axoCover/settings.json
 
 # Coverlet is a free, cross platform Code Coverage Tool
-coverage*[.json, .xml, .info]
+coverage*.json
+coverage*.xml
+coverage*.info
 
 # Visual Studio code coverage results
 *.coverage