diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a962ab..ed98b3a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ m4/ltsugar.m4
 m4/ltversion.m4
 m4/lt~obsolete.m4
 autom4te.cache/
-build-config/
 ar-lib
 compile
 config.guess
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ config.h.in
 config.h
 depcomp
 include/config.h.in
-include/config.h.in~
 include/stamp-h1
 install-sh
 libtool
@@ -40,3 +38,6 @@ test-suite.log
 *.h5
 trexio-*.tar.gz
 trex.json
+*~
+.*.swp
+/build*
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
index 8847478..0ce847a 100644
--- a/src/.gitignore
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ trexio_hdf5.c
 trexio_f.f90
 trexio.mod
 
+trexio.py
 pytrexio.py
 pytrexio_wrap.c