diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 99d0928add6ce226c8f45b4846b0b29d1deef8a3..fdd65143bed6f796564b029b58ab1c57193f2f51 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ TAGS
 *.swp
 *.swo
 \#*
-.*
 docs/milestone2.dot.pdf
 *.dot.pdf
 Session.vim