diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2619c11..d8c41ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 *.dSYM
 scratchpad/**
 !scratchpad/**/
+!scratchpad/**/*.h
+!scratchpad/**/*.hh
+!scratchpad/**/*.hpp
 !scratchpad/**/*.c
+!scratchpad/**/*.cc
+!scratchpad/**/*.cpp