updated gitignore to ignore files created by local python installation (#2061)

* updated gitignore to ignore files created by local python installation

* moved sections around in gitignore

.gitignore

@@ -374,14 +374,16 @@ lightgbm.model
 *.pkl
 
 # macOS
-.DS_Store
+**/.DS_Store
 
 # VSCode
 .vscode
 
-# duplicate version file
+# Files from local Python install
+python-package/LICENSE
+python-package/build_cpp/
+python-package/compile/
 python-package/lightgbm/VERSION.txt
-.Rproj.user
 
 # R build artefacts
 R-package/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -391,6 +393,10 @@ lightgbm_r/*
 lightgbm*.tar.gz
 lightgbm.Rcheck/
 
+# Files from interactive R sessions
+.Rproj.user
+**/.Rhistory
+
 # Files generated by aspell
 **/*.bak