diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0a12acfd7cf9aa712d2982af008920b55873bb4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.o
+applet/
+*~
+*.orig
+*.rej
diff --git a/Marlin/.gitignore b/Marlin/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 37a3c9b84d0356a5f579813e05d846711259f35f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Marlin/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-applet/