diff --git a/VimR/GeneralPrefPane.swift b/VimR/GeneralPrefPane.swift
index fcf7e97f..21b97ec3 100644
--- a/VimR/GeneralPrefPane.swift
+++ b/VimR/GeneralPrefPane.swift
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import Cocoa
 import PureLayout
 import RxSwift
 
-struct GeneralPrefData {
+struct GeneralPrefData: Equatable {
   let openNewWindowWhenLaunching: Bool
   let openNewWindowOnReactivation: Bool
+
+  let ignorePatterns: Set<FileItemIgnorePattern>
 }
 
 func == (left: GeneralPrefData, right: GeneralPrefData) -> Bool {
@@ -17,10 +19,6 @@ func == (left: GeneralPrefData, right: GeneralPrefData) -> Bool {
     && left.openNewWindowOnReactivation == right.openNewWindowOnReactivation
 }
 
-func != (left: GeneralPrefData, right: GeneralPrefData) -> Bool {
-  return !(left == right)
-}
-
 class GeneralPrefPane: PrefPane {
 
   override var pinToContainer: Bool {
@@ -213,12 +211,14 @@ extension GeneralPrefPane {
 
   func openUntitledWindowWhenLaunchingAction(sender: NSButton) {
     self.data = GeneralPrefData(openNewWindowWhenLaunching: self.openWhenLaunchingCheckbox.boolState,
-                                openNewWindowOnReactivation: self.data.openNewWindowOnReactivation)
+                                openNewWindowOnReactivation: self.data.openNewWindowOnReactivation,
+                                ignorePatterns: self.data.ignorePatterns)
   }
 
   func openUntitledWindowOnReactivation(sender: NSButton) {
     self.data = GeneralPrefData(openNewWindowWhenLaunching: self.data.openNewWindowWhenLaunching,
-                                openNewWindowOnReactivation: self.openOnReactivationCheckbox.boolState)
+                                openNewWindowOnReactivation: self.openOnReactivationCheckbox.boolState,
+                                ignorePatterns: self.data.ignorePatterns)
   }
   
   private func alert(title title: String, info: String) {
diff --git a/VimR/PrefStore.swift b/VimR/PrefStore.swift
index 530b729f..39d91a34 100644
--- a/VimR/PrefStore.swift
+++ b/VimR/PrefStore.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ private class PrefKeys {
 
   static let openNewWindowWhenLaunching = "open-new-window-when-launching"
   static let openNewWindowOnReactivation = "open-new-window-on-reactivation"
+  static let openQuicklyIgnorePatterns = "open-quickly-ignore-patterns"
 
   static let editorFontName = "editor-font-name"
   static let editorFontSize = "editor-font-size"
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@ class PrefStore: Store {
   private let fontManager = NSFontManager.sharedFontManager()
 
   var data = PrefData(
-    general: GeneralPrefData(openNewWindowWhenLaunching: true, openNewWindowOnReactivation: true),
+    general: GeneralPrefData(openNewWindowWhenLaunching: true,
+                             openNewWindowOnReactivation: true,
+                             ignorePatterns: Set([ "*/.git", "*.o", "*.d", "*.dia" ].map(FileItemIgnorePattern.init))),
     appearance: AppearancePrefData(editorFont: PrefStore.defaultEditorFont, editorUsesLigatures: false)
   )
 
@@ -55,6 +58,18 @@ class PrefStore: Store {
     self.subject.onCompleted()
   }
 
+  private func ignorePatterns(fromString str: String) -> Set<FileItemIgnorePattern> {
+    return Set(str
+      .componentsSeparatedByString(",")
+      .map {
+        FileItemIgnorePattern(pattern: $0.stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet(NSCharacterSet.whitespaceCharacterSet()))
+      })
+  }
+
+  private func ignorePatternString(fromSet set: Set<FileItemIgnorePattern>) -> String {
+    return set.reduce("") { "\($0), \($1.pattern)" }
+  }
+
   private func prefDataFromDict(prefs: [String: AnyObject]) -> PrefData {
 
     let editorFontName = prefs[PrefKeys.editorFontName] as? String ?? PrefStore.defaultEditorFont.fontName
@@ -67,10 +82,14 @@ class PrefStore: Store {
     let openNewWindowWhenLaunching = (prefs[PrefKeys.openNewWindowWhenLaunching] as? NSNumber)?.boolValue ?? true
     let openNewWindowOnReactivation = (prefs[PrefKeys.openNewWindowOnReactivation] as? NSNumber)?.boolValue ?? true
 
+    let ignorePatternsList = (prefs[PrefKeys.openQuicklyIgnorePatterns] as? String) ?? "*/.git, *.o, *.d, *.dia"
+    let ignorePatterns = self.ignorePatterns(fromString: ignorePatternsList)
+
     return PrefData(
       general: GeneralPrefData(
         openNewWindowWhenLaunching: openNewWindowWhenLaunching,
-        openNewWindowOnReactivation: openNewWindowOnReactivation
+        openNewWindowOnReactivation: openNewWindowOnReactivation,
+        ignorePatterns: ignorePatterns
       ),
       appearance: AppearancePrefData(editorFont: editorFont, editorUsesLigatures: usesLigatures)
     )
@@ -97,6 +116,7 @@ class PrefStore: Store {
       // General
       PrefKeys.openNewWindowWhenLaunching: generalData.openNewWindowWhenLaunching,
       PrefKeys.openNewWindowOnReactivation: generalData.openNewWindowOnReactivation,
+      PrefKeys.openQuicklyIgnorePatterns: self.ignorePatternString(fromSet: generalData.ignorePatterns),
 
       // Appearance
       PrefKeys.editorFontName: appearanceData.editorFont.fontName,
diff --git a/VimR/SwiftCommons.swift b/VimR/SwiftCommons.swift
index 94029a7f..76366c46 100644
--- a/VimR/SwiftCommons.swift
+++ b/VimR/SwiftCommons.swift
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ extension String {
     let idx = self.startIndex.advancedBy(prefix.characters.count)
     return self[idx..<self.endIndex]
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}