diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3550495..8000dd9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1 @@
-*.cmd
-*.ko
-*.mod*
-*.o
-.helloworld.o.d
 .vagrant
-Module.symvers
-modules.order
-scratch
diff --git a/scratch/.gitignore b/scratch/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6b7ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratch/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore