diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2984e0e02..90c2f050b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,10 @@ _ide_helper.php
 
 sami.phar
 /.sami
+
+# For local development with docker
+# Remove if we ever put the Dockerfile in the repo
+.dockerignore
+Dockerfile
+# for image related files
+misc