diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3eac9d698..74baef2b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,10 +25,15 @@ server.lib
 
 # files generated by running a mod
 config.cfg
-
+
+#files generated by building the projects
+sp/src/vgui2/vgui_controls/generated_proto/htmlmessages.pb.h
+sp/src/vgui2/vgui_controls/generated_proto/htmlmessages.pb.cc
+
+sp/src/TAGS
+mp/src/TAGS
 #Mac Spacific files
 .DS_Store
 *.P
 *.o
-sp/src/TAGS
 *.mak~