diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d7191f23c..9b7b2e82d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 *.pdf
 /Makefile
 README
+TAGS
 autom4te.cache
 config.cache
 config.status
diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index ed2e9ae92..5b142934e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@ nodist/
 /vc_hdrs.h$
 /csrc/
 doxygen-doc/.*
+TAGS
+.*~