diff --git a/cli/src/args.rs b/cli/src/args.rs
index 744757fd..47ed5915 100644
--- a/cli/src/args.rs
+++ b/cli/src/args.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub fn get_args(tagged_filterer: bool) -> Result<ArgMatches<'static>> {
 			.help_heading(Some(OPTSET_FILTERING))
 			.help("Skip auto-loading of project ignore files (.gitignore, .ignore, etc)")
 			.long("no-ignore"))
-		.arg(Arg::with_name("no-default-ignore") // TODO
+		.arg(Arg::with_name("no-default-ignore")
 			.help_heading(Some(OPTSET_FILTERING))
 			.help("Skip auto-ignoring of commonly ignored globs")
 			.long("no-default-ignore"))
diff --git a/cli/src/filterer/globset.rs b/cli/src/filterer/globset.rs
index 38ca25c6..0a3b3670 100644
--- a/cli/src/filterer/globset.rs
+++ b/cli/src/filterer/globset.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 use std::{
 	ffi::{OsStr, OsString},
+	path::MAIN_SEPARATOR,
 	sync::Arc,
 };
 
 use clap::ArgMatches;
 use miette::{IntoDiagnostic, Result};
+use tracing::debug;
 use watchexec::{
 	error::RuntimeError,
 	event::{
@@ -19,6 +21,22 @@ pub async fn globset(args: &ArgMatches<'static>) -> Result<Arc<WatchexecFilterer
 	let ignorefiles = super::common::ignores(args, &project_origin).await?;
 
 	let mut ignores = Vec::new();
+
+	if !args.is_present("no-default-ignore") {
+		ignores.extend([
+			(format!("**{s}.DS_Store", s = MAIN_SEPARATOR), None),
+			(String::from("*.py[co]"), None),
+			(String::from("#*#"), None),
+			(String::from(".#*"), None),
+			(String::from(".*.kate-swp"), None),
+			(String::from(".*.sw?"), None),
+			(String::from(".*.sw?x"), None),
+			(format!("**{s}.git{s}**", s = MAIN_SEPARATOR), None),
+			(format!("**{s}.hg{s}**", s = MAIN_SEPARATOR), None),
+			(format!("**{s}.svn{s}**", s = MAIN_SEPARATOR), None),
+		]);
+	}
+
 	for ignore in ignorefiles {
 		ignores.extend(GlobsetFilterer::list_from_ignore_file(&ignore).await?);
 	}
@@ -40,6 +58,7 @@ pub async fn globset(args: &ArgMatches<'static>) -> Result<Arc<WatchexecFilterer
 		.map(|s| s.split(b','))
 		.flatten();
 
+	debug!(filters=%filters.len(), ignores=%ignores.len(), "vecs lengths");
 	Ok(Arc::new(WatchexecFilterer {
 		inner: GlobsetFilterer::new(project_origin, filters, ignores, exts).into_diagnostic()?,
 		no_meta: args.is_present("no-meta"),
diff --git a/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs b/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs
index 812a9838..ad8ca41b 100644
--- a/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs
+++ b/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use clap::ArgMatches;
 use futures::future::try_join_all;
 use miette::{IntoDiagnostic, Result};
-use tracing::debug;
+use tracing::{debug, trace};
 use watchexec::{
 	filter::tagged::{
 		files::{self, FilterFile},
@@ -56,6 +56,23 @@ pub async fn tagged(args: &ArgMatches<'static>) -> Result<Arc<TaggedFilterer>> {
 		filters.push(filter);
 	}
 
+	if !args.is_present("no-default-ignore") {
+		filters.extend([
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, ".DS_Store/"),
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, ".git/"),
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, ".hg/"),
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, ".svn/"),
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, "_darcs/"),
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, ".fossil-settings/"),
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, "*.py[co]"),
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, "#*#"),
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, ".#*"),
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, ".*.kate-swp"),
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, ".*.sw?"),
+			Filter::from_glob_ignore(None, ".*.sw?x"),
+		]);
+	}
+
 	if args.is_present("no-meta") {
 		filters.push(Filter {
 			in_path: Some(workdir.clone()),
@@ -66,7 +83,8 @@ pub async fn tagged(args: &ArgMatches<'static>) -> Result<Arc<TaggedFilterer>> {
 		});
 	}
 
-	debug!(?filters, "parsed filters");
+	debug!(filters=%filters.len(), "parsed filters");
+	trace!(?filters, "all filters");
 	filterer.add_filters(&filters).await?;
 
 	Ok(filterer)