diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd75b94..d1f725c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,21 @@
-/secrets
+## general ##
 .envrc
+# used by ctags for code indexing in some tools
+# or via "ctags -R ."
+tags
+# deprecated dotfiles-secrets repo for compartibility and
+# secret leakage prevention
+secrets
+
+## kate and other editors ##
+*~
+*-swp
+
+## Doplhin ##
+.directory
+
+## from kdiff3 ##
+*.BACKUP.*
+*.BASE.*
+*.LOCAL.*
+*.REMOTE.*
diff --git a/.kateproject b/.kateproject
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bfd372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kateproject
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "~ajhalili2006's dotfiles",
+  "files": [ { "git": 1 } ]
+}