diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index adfe0558ac7..11165537c4d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,61 +1,7 @@
-*.o
-*.lo
-.libs
-.deps
-Makefile
-Makefile.in
-*.la
-GNUmakefile.classic
-aclocal.m4
-autom4te.cache/
-compile
-config/GNUmake.rules.sunCC
-config/GNUmake.rules.sunCCamd
-config/GNUmake.rules.sunCCamd510
-config/GNUmake.rules.sunCCamd64
-config/GNUmake.rules.sunCCi86pc
-config.guess
-config.log
-config.status
-config.sub
-configure
-depcomp
-docker/data
+# CMake build directory
+build/
+# docker builds
 docker/xrootd.tar.gz
-install-sh
-lib/
-libtool
-ltmain.sh
-missing
-src/GNUmake.env
-src/GNUmake.options
-src/Makefile_include
-src/XrdAcc/XrdAccTest
-src/XrdApps/mpxstats
-src/XrdApps/wait41
-src/XrdApps/xrdadler32
-src/XrdClient/TestXrdClient
-src/XrdClient/TestXrdClient_read
-src/XrdClient/XrdClientAdmin_c_wrap.cc
-src/XrdClient/xprep
-src/XrdClient/xrd
-src/XrdClient/xrdcp
-src/XrdClient/xrdstagetool
-src/XrdCms/cmsd
-src/XrdCns/XrdCnsd
-src/XrdCns/cns_ssi
-src/XrdFrm/frm_admin
-src/XrdFrm/frm_purged
-src/XrdFrm/frm_xfragent
-src/XrdFrm/frm_xfrd
-src/XrdSec/testclient
-src/XrdSec/testserver
-src/XrdSecgsi/xrdgsiproxy
-src/XrdSecpwd/xrdpwdadmin
-src/XrdSecssl/xrdsecssltest
-src/XrdSecsss/xrdsssadmin
-src/XrdXrootd/xrootd
-test/testconfig.sh
-xrootd.spec
-dist
+# Python build artifacts
+dist/
 *.egg-info