diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 32b9e43..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-tags
-TAGS
-*.exe
-*.tar.gz
-.libs
-.deps
-*.o
-*.lo
-*.la
-*~
-*.orig
-*.rej
-ChangeLog
-ChangeLog-*
-Makefile
-Makefile.in
-aclocal.m4
-autom4te.cache
-config.guess
-config.h
-config.h.in
-config.log
-config.status
-config.sub
-configure
-depcomp
-fontconfig-zip
-fontconfig.pc
-fontconfig.spec
-fonts.conf
-install-sh
-doltcompile
-libtool
-ltmain.sh
-missing
-stamp-h1
-manpage.log
-doc/*.3
-doc/confdir.sgml
-doc/edit-sgml
-doc/fcatomic.sgml
-doc/fcblanks.sgml
-doc/fccache.sgml
-doc/fccharset.sgml
-doc/fcconfig.sgml
-doc/fcconstant.sgml
-doc/fcdircache.sgml
-doc/fcfile.sgml
-doc/fcformat.sgml
-doc/fcfontset.sgml
-doc/fcfreetype.sgml
-doc/fclangset.sgml
-doc/fcinit.sgml
-doc/fcmatrix.sgml
-doc/fcobjectset.sgml
-doc/fcobjecttype.sgml
-doc/fcpattern.sgml
-doc/fcstring.sgml
-doc/fcstrset.sgml
-doc/fcvalue.sgml
-doc/fontconfig-devel.pdf
-doc/fontconfig-devel.txt
-doc/fontconfig-devel
-doc/fontconfig-user.html
-doc/fontconfig-user.pdf
-doc/fontconfig-user.txt
-doc/fonts-conf.5
-doc/func.refs
-doc/local-fontconfig-devel.sgml
-doc/local-fontconfig-user.sgml
-doc/version.sgml
-doc/devel-man
-fc-arch/fc-arch
-fc-arch/fcarch.h
-fc-cache/fc-cache
-fc-cache/fc-cache.1
-fc-case/fc-case
-fc-case/fccase.h
-fc-cat/fc-cat
-fc-cat/fc-cat.1
-fc-glyphname/fc-glyphname
-fc-glyphname/fcglyphname.h
-fc-lang/fc-lang
-fc-lang/fclang.h
-fc-list/fc-list
-fc-list/fc-list.1
-fc-match/fc-match
-fc-match/fc-match.1
-fc-pattern/fc-pattern
-fc-pattern/fc-pattern.1
-fc-query/fc-query
-fc-query/fc-query.1
-fc-scan/fc-scan
-fc-scan/fc-scan.1
-src/fcarch
-src/fontconfig.def
-fcalias.h
-fcaliastail.h
-src/fcftalias.h
-src/fcftaliastail.h
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f4203d6..cbc3df0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -148,3 +148,5 @@ debuild-dirs: distdir
 	$(RM) -r $(distdir).orig
 	cp -a $(distdir) $(distdir).orig
 	$(RM) -r $(distdir).orig/debian
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/conf.d/Makefile.am b/conf.d/Makefile.am
index 0f6f59c..e3a26f0 100644
--- a/conf.d/Makefile.am
+++ b/conf.d/Makefile.am
@@ -92,3 +92,5 @@ uninstall-local:
 	    echo $(RM) $$i;					\
 	    $(RM) $$i;						\
 	  done)
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 80674df..ad68c09 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -208,3 +208,5 @@ htmldoc_DATA += $(srcdir)/$(HTML_DIR)/*
 all-local:
 clean-local:
 endif
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/fc-cache/Makefile.am b/fc-cache/Makefile.am
index 61f5019..7f7d1b1 100644
--- a/fc-cache/Makefile.am
+++ b/fc-cache/Makefile.am
@@ -65,3 +65,5 @@ CLEANFILES += ${man_MANS}
 else
 all-local:
 endif
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/fc-case/Makefile.am b/fc-case/Makefile.am
index 6fe3a44..9bab1c7 100644
--- a/fc-case/Makefile.am
+++ b/fc-case/Makefile.am
@@ -66,3 +66,5 @@ CLEANFILES = $(ALIAS_FILES)
 DISTCLEANFILES = $(TARG)
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(TARG)
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/fc-cat/Makefile.am b/fc-cat/Makefile.am
index 7b52d49..b426723 100644
--- a/fc-cat/Makefile.am
+++ b/fc-cat/Makefile.am
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ CLEANFILES += ${man_MANS}
 else
 all-local:
 endif
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/fc-glyphname/Makefile.am b/fc-glyphname/Makefile.am
index e33b3ba..f6aeea7 100644
--- a/fc-glyphname/Makefile.am
+++ b/fc-glyphname/Makefile.am
@@ -61,3 +61,5 @@ CLEANFILES = $(ALIAS_FILES)
 DISTCLEANFILES = $(TARG)
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(TARG)
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/fc-lang/Makefile.am b/fc-lang/Makefile.am
index 3336511..35e94e5 100644
--- a/fc-lang/Makefile.am
+++ b/fc-lang/Makefile.am
@@ -312,3 +312,5 @@ ORTH = \
 	doi.orth \
 	mni.orth
 #	^-------------- Add new orth files here
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/fc-list/Makefile.am b/fc-list/Makefile.am
index 8b13568..b2c499d 100644
--- a/fc-list/Makefile.am
+++ b/fc-list/Makefile.am
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ CLEANFILES += ${man_MANS}
 else
 all-local:
 endif
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/fc-match/Makefile.am b/fc-match/Makefile.am
index 4066c9e..0e9e8fd 100644
--- a/fc-match/Makefile.am
+++ b/fc-match/Makefile.am
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ CLEANFILES += ${man_MANS}
 else
 all-local:
 endif
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/fc-pattern/Makefile.am b/fc-pattern/Makefile.am
index c97db12..92b0433 100644
--- a/fc-pattern/Makefile.am
+++ b/fc-pattern/Makefile.am
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ CLEANFILES += ${man_MANS}
 else
 all-local:
 endif
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/fc-query/Makefile.am b/fc-query/Makefile.am
index 4271252..b3ea1e6 100644
--- a/fc-query/Makefile.am
+++ b/fc-query/Makefile.am
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ CLEANFILES += ${man_MANS}
 else
 all-local:
 endif
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/fc-scan/Makefile.am b/fc-scan/Makefile.am
index 22136b1..2063405 100644
--- a/fc-scan/Makefile.am
+++ b/fc-scan/Makefile.am
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ CLEANFILES += ${man_MANS}
 else
 all-local:
 endif
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/fontconfig/Makefile.am b/fontconfig/Makefile.am
index 72fec33..99bb4c3 100644
--- a/fontconfig/Makefile.am
+++ b/fontconfig/Makefile.am
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ fontconfig_headers=		\
 	fcprivate.h
 
 fontconfiginclude_HEADERS = $(fontconfig_headers)
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/git.mk b/git.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5bf7b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+# git.mk
+#
+# Copyright 2009, Red Hat, Inc.
+# Copyright 2010,2011 Behdad Esfahbod
+# Written by Behdad Esfahbod
+#
+# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+# is permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+# notice and this notice are preserved.
+#
+# The latest version of this file can be downloaded from:
+#   https://raw.github.com/behdad/git.mk/master/git.mk
+# Bugs, etc, should be reported upstream at:
+#   https://github.com/behdad/git.mk
+#
+# To use in your project, import this file in your git repo's toplevel,
+# then do "make -f git.mk".  This modifies all Makefile.am files in
+# your project to -include git.mk.  Remember to add that line to new
+# Makefile.am files you create in your project, or just rerun the
+# "make -f git.mk".
+#
+# This enables automatic .gitignore generation.  If you need to ignore
+# more files, add them to the GITIGNOREFILES variable in your Makefile.am.
+# But think twice before doing that.  If a file has to be in .gitignore,
+# chances are very high that it's a generated file and should be in one
+# of MOSTLYCLEANFILES, CLEANFILES, DISTCLEANFILES, or MAINTAINERCLEANFILES.
+#
+# The only case that you need to manually add a file to GITIGNOREFILES is
+# when remove files in one of mostlyclean-local, clean-local, distclean-local,
+# or maintainer-clean-local make targets.
+#
+# Note that for files like editor backup, etc, there are better places to
+# ignore them.  See "man gitignore".
+#
+# If "make maintainer-clean" removes the files but they are not recognized
+# by this script (that is, if "git status" shows untracked files still), send
+# me the output of "git status" as well as your Makefile.am and Makefile for
+# the directories involved and I'll diagnose.
+#
+# For a list of toplevel files that should be in MAINTAINERCLEANFILES, see
+# Makefile.am.sample in the git.mk git repo.
+#
+# Don't EXTRA_DIST this file.  It is supposed to only live in git clones,
+# not tarballs.  It serves no useful purpose in tarballs and clutters the
+# build dir.
+#
+# This file knows how to handle autoconf, automake, libtool, gtk-doc,
+# gnome-doc-utils, yelp.m4, mallard, intltool, gsettings, dejagnu.
+#
+# This makefile provides the following targets:
+#
+# - all: "make all" will build all gitignore files.
+# - gitignore: makes all gitignore files in the current dir and subdirs.
+# - .gitignore: make gitignore file for the current dir.
+# - gitignore-recurse: makes all gitignore files in the subdirs.
+#
+# KNOWN ISSUES:
+#
+# - Recursive configure doesn't work as $(top_srcdir)/git.mk inside the
+#   submodule doesn't find us.  If you have configure.{in,ac} files in
+#   subdirs, add a proxy git.mk file in those dirs that simply does:
+#   "include $(top_srcdir)/../git.mk".  Add more ..'s to your taste.
+#   And add those files to git.  See vte/gnome-pty-helper/git.mk for
+#   example.
+#
+
+git-all: git-mk-install
+
+git-mk-install:
+	@echo Installing git makefile
+	@any_failed=; \
+		find "`test -z "$(top_srcdir)" && echo . || echo "$(top_srcdir)"`" -name Makefile.am | while read x; do \
+		if grep 'include .*/git.mk' $$x >/dev/null; then \
+			echo $$x already includes git.mk; \
+		else \
+			failed=; \
+			echo "Updating $$x"; \
+			{ cat $$x; \
+			  echo ''; \
+			  echo '-include $$(top_srcdir)/git.mk'; \
+			} > $$x.tmp || failed=1; \
+			if test x$$failed = x; then \
+				mv $$x.tmp $$x || failed=1; \
+			fi; \
+			if test x$$failed = x; then : else \
+				echo Failed updating $$x; >&2 \
+				any_failed=1; \
+			fi; \
+	fi; done; test -z "$$any_failed"
+
+.PHONY: git-all git-mk-install
+
+
+### .gitignore generation
+
+$(srcdir)/.gitignore: Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
+	$(AM_V_GEN) \
+	{ \
+		if test "x$(DOC_MODULE)" = x -o "x$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)" = x; then :; else \
+			for x in \
+				$(DOC_MODULE)-decl-list.txt \
+				$(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt \
+				tmpl/$(DOC_MODULE)-unused.sgml \
+				"tmpl/*.bak" \
+				xml html \
+			; do echo /$$x; done; \
+		fi; \
+		if test "x$(DOC_MODULE)$(DOC_ID)" = x -o "x$(DOC_LINGUAS)" = x; then :; else \
+			for lc in $(DOC_LINGUAS); do \
+				for x in \
+					$(if $(DOC_MODULE),$(DOC_MODULE).xml) \
+					$(DOC_PAGES) \
+					$(DOC_INCLUDES) \
+				; do echo /$$lc/$$x; done; \
+			done; \
+			for x in \
+				$(_DOC_OMF_ALL) \
+				$(_DOC_DSK_ALL) \
+				$(_DOC_HTML_ALL) \
+				$(_DOC_MOFILES) \
+				$(DOC_H_FILE) \
+				"*/.xml2po.mo" \
+				"*/*.omf.out" \
+			; do echo /$$x; done; \
+		fi; \
+		if test "x$(HELP_ID)" = x -o "x$(HELP_LINGUAS)" = x; then :; else \
+			for lc in $(HELP_LINGUAS); do \
+				for x in \
+					$(HELP_FILES) \
+					"$$lc.stamp" \
+					"$$lc.mo" \
+				; do echo /$$lc/$$x; done; \
+			done; \
+		fi; \
+		if test "x$(gsettings_SCHEMAS)" = x; then :; else \
+			for x in \
+				$(gsettings_SCHEMAS:.xml=.valid) \
+				$(gsettings__enum_file) \
+			; do echo /$$x; done; \
+		fi; \
+		if test -f $(srcdir)/po/Makefile.in.in; then \
+			for x in \
+				po/Makefile.in.in \
+				po/Makefile.in \
+				po/Makefile \
+				po/POTFILES \
+				po/stamp-it \
+				po/.intltool-merge-cache \
+				"po/*.gmo" \
+				"po/*.mo" \
+				po/$(GETTEXT_PACKAGE).pot \
+				intltool-extract.in \
+				intltool-merge.in \
+				intltool-update.in \
+			; do echo /$$x; done; \
+		fi; \
+		if test -f $(srcdir)/configure; then \
+			for x in \
+				autom4te.cache \
+				configure \
+				config.h \
+				stamp-h1 \
+				libtool \
+				config.lt \
+			; do echo /$$x; done; \
+		fi; \
+		if test "x$(DEJATOOL)" = x; then :; else \
+			for x in \
+				$(DEJATOOL) \
+			; do echo /$$x.sum; echo /$$x.log; done; \
+			echo /site.exp; \
+		fi; \
+		for x in \
+			.gitignore \
+			$(GITIGNOREFILES) \
+			$(CLEANFILES) \
+			$(PROGRAMS) $(check_PROGRAMS) $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS) \
+			$(LIBRARIES) $(check_LIBRARIES) $(EXTRA_LIBRARIES) \
+			$(LTLIBRARIES) $(check_LTLIBRARIES) $(EXTRA_LTLIBRARIES) \
+			so_locations \
+			.libs _libs \
+			$(MOSTLYCLEANFILES) \
+			"*.$(OBJEXT)" \
+			"*.lo" \
+			$(DISTCLEANFILES) \
+			$(am__CONFIG_DISTCLEAN_FILES) \
+			$(CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES) \
+			TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags \
+			"*.tab.c" \
+			$(MAINTAINERCLEANFILES) \
+			$(BUILT_SOURCES) \
+			$(DEPDIR) \
+			Makefile \
+			Makefile.in \
+			"*.orig" \
+			"*.rej" \
+			"*.bak" \
+			"*~" \
+			".*.sw[nop]" \
+			".dirstamp" \
+		; do echo /$$x; done; \
+	} | \
+	sed "s@^/`echo "$(srcdir)" | sed 's/\(.\)/[\1]/g'`/@/@" | \
+	sed 's@/[.]/@/@g' | \
+	LC_ALL=C sort | uniq > $@.tmp && \
+	mv $@.tmp $@;
+
+all: $(srcdir)/.gitignore gitignore-recurse-maybe
+gitignore: $(srcdir)/.gitignore gitignore-recurse
+
+gitignore-recurse-maybe:
+	@for subdir in $(DIST_SUBDIRS); do \
+	  case " $(SUBDIRS) " in \
+	    *" $$subdir "*) :;; \
+	    *) test "$$subdir" = . || (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) .gitignore gitignore-recurse-maybe || echo "Skipping $$subdir");; \
+	  esac; \
+	done
+gitignore-recurse:
+	@for subdir in $(DIST_SUBDIRS); do \
+	    test "$$subdir" = . || (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) .gitignore gitignore-recurse || echo "Skipping $$subdir"); \
+	done
+
+maintainer-clean: gitignore-clean
+gitignore-clean:
+	-rm -f $(srcdir)/.gitignore
+
+.PHONY: gitignore-clean gitignore gitignore-recurse gitignore-recurse-maybe
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 57c34a2..e6e5f98 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -198,3 +198,5 @@ fontconfig.def: $(PUBLIC_FILES) $(PUBLIC_FT_FILES)
 	echo LIBRARY libfontconfig-@LIBT_CURRENT_MINUS_AGE@.dll; \
 	echo VERSION @LIBT_CURRENT@.@LIBT_REVISION@) >$@
 	@ ! grep -q FcERROR $@ || ($(RM) $@; false)
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index 4adcb17..3fd343a 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ TESTDATA=4x6.pcf 8x16.pcf out.expected fonts.conf.in
 EXTRA_DIST=$(check_SCRIPTS) $(TESTDATA)
 
 CLEANFILES=
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk