diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 29126e4..3aa1d67 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Misc
+temp/*
+scratch/*
+hpc/*
+
+# VS Code files for those working on multiple tools
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+*.code-workspace
+
+# Local History for Visual Studio Code
+.history/
+
 # Files generated by invoking Julia with --code-coverage
 *.jl.cov
 *.jl.*.cov