diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b1619157a91e71413a62edfb2c12bd1f8c617024..0e197b805e3ca5514ce8fe9d17ae829e1d021bd3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-*log
-build*
-*generated
-*pyc
+*.log
+build/*
+*generated/
+*.pyc
+*.qsys_edit
+transcript
diff --git a/minimal_user_components.ipx b/hdl_user_components.ipx
similarity index 100%
rename from minimal_user_components.ipx
rename to hdl_user_components.ipx
diff --git a/init_hdl.sh b/init_hdl.sh
index c379f631fde4a7522ad1497b7fc4e1f8da56af0f..eb79078f8124b57a18ccba450281f43eb60a3fcb 100644
--- a/init_hdl.sh
+++ b/init_hdl.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if [ -e $user_components_file ]; then
 fi
 # make a new symbolic link to the git version
 echo "making a new symbolic link"
-ln -s ${RADIOHDL_WORK}/minimal_user_components.ipx $user_components_file
+ln -s ${RADIOHDL_WORK}/hdl_user_components.ipx $user_components_file
 
 # # Finally check if user_component.ipx file of the altera package at least contains
 # # the paths we need for HDL.