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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a0b491f4278..487867c375d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-# This file should only ignore things that are generated during a build,
-# generated by common IDEs, and optional files controlled by the user
-# that affect the build (such as config.toml).
+# This file should only ignore things that are generated during a `x.py` build,
+# generated by common IDEs, and optional files controlled by the user that
+# affect the build (such as config.toml).
+# In particular, things like `mir_dump` should not be listed here; they are only
+# created during manual debugging and many people like to clean up instead of
+# having git ignore such leftovers. You can use `.git/info/exclude` to
+# configure your local ignore list.
 # FIXME: This needs cleanup.
 *~
 .#*
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@ __pycache__/
 /inst/
 /llvm/
 /mingw-build/
+# Created by default with `src/ci/docker/run.sh`:
 /obj/
 /rustllvm/
 /src/libcore/unicode/DerivedCoreProperties.txt
@@ -38,6 +43,8 @@ __pycache__/
 /src/libcore/unicode/UnicodeData.txt
 /src/libcore/unicode/downloaded
 /target/
+# Generated by compiletest for incremental:
+/tmp/
 tags
 tags.*
 TAGS
@@ -49,3 +56,4 @@ config.stamp
 Session.vim
 .cargo
 no_llvm_build
+# Before adding new lines, see the comment at the top.