diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a3c20d..3c9043e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@
 # CVS metadata copied in when ports are imported from the CVS repo;
 # tracked in git only, never the CVS bookkeeping dirs
 CVS/
+
+# generic portgen generated categories
+go/
+ruby/
+p5/