diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6fe704c1f..6df6242aa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/.hpc
 _*
 [0-9]*
 *.aes
diff --git a/doc/profs/.gitignore b/doc/profs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72e8ffc0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/profs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*