diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b06a36b..daf2291 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
-/node_modules
-/.nyc_output
-/coverage
-/test/cache
+# ignore most things, include some others
+/*
+/.*
+
+!bin/
+!lib/
+!docs/
+!package.json
+!package-lock.json
+!README.md
+!CONTRIBUTING.md
+!LICENSE
+!CHANGELOG.md
+!example/
+!scripts/
+!tap-snapshots/
+!test/
+!.travis.yml
+!.gitignore
+!.gitattributes
+!map.js
+!index.js