diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0598e7e..e7dc8de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-.DS_Store
-build/
-dist/
 docs/.build/
-pyrad.egg-info/
-*.pyc
-*__pycache__
-*.egg/
+**.pyc
+**__pycache__
+**.mypy_cache
+**.pytest_cache
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..288f194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[MASTER]
+ignore=tests,examples
+
+[MESSAGES_CONTROL]
+disable=bad-continuation