diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f20c730c..5c658aee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,12 @@ _ReSharper*/
 *.o
 BIN/
 ipch/
+# We only care about specific files in the Visual Studio Projects 
+# folder.  Things which are there on the fly to support debugging 
+# or other things we don't want git to manage.
+!Visual Studio Projects/*.vcproj
+!Visual Studio Projects/*.sln
+!Visual Studio Projects/0ReadMe_Projects.txt
+Visual Studio Projects/*
+
+