diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c821301076d..a5b456019ee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+*
+!*.*
+!*/
+!Makefile
+!LICENSE
+!Base/*
+
+*.o
+*.ao
+*.a
+
+*.d
+
 *.swp
 *.config
 *.creator
@@ -7,6 +20,7 @@
 *.includes
 *.cflags
 *.cxxflags
+*.autosave
 Root
 Toolchain/Tarballs
 Toolchain/Build
diff --git a/AK/.gitignore b/AK/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ff8bc6b4e43..00000000000
--- a/AK/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-akit-test
-*.o
-*.d
diff --git a/AK/Tests/.gitignore b/AK/Tests/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a8d8df0d88c..00000000000
--- a/AK/Tests/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-TestString
-TestQueue
-TestVector
-TestHashMap
-TestJSON
-*.d
-*.o
diff --git a/Applications/About/.gitignore b/Applications/About/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 17f634a6a22..00000000000
--- a/Applications/About/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-About
diff --git a/Applications/Downloader/.gitignore b/Applications/Downloader/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index bdc2af77977..00000000000
--- a/Applications/Downloader/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-Downloader
diff --git a/Applications/FileManager/.gitignore b/Applications/FileManager/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b598593606..00000000000
--- a/Applications/FileManager/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-FileManager
diff --git a/Applications/FontEditor/.gitignore b/Applications/FontEditor/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ea286a24a65..00000000000
--- a/Applications/FontEditor/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-FontEditor
diff --git a/Applications/IRCClient/.gitignore b/Applications/IRCClient/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dec4248c2e..00000000000
--- a/Applications/IRCClient/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-IRCClient
diff --git a/Applications/Launcher/.gitignore b/Applications/Launcher/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 3065890cba8..00000000000
--- a/Applications/Launcher/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-Launcher
diff --git a/Applications/PaintBrush/.gitignore b/Applications/PaintBrush/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 30424a7dff9..00000000000
--- a/Applications/PaintBrush/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-PaintBrush
diff --git a/Applications/ProcessManager/.gitignore b/Applications/ProcessManager/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 17f342df2cd..00000000000
--- a/Applications/ProcessManager/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-ProcessManager
diff --git a/Applications/QuickShow/.gitignore b/Applications/QuickShow/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a16f4d2ddaf..00000000000
--- a/Applications/QuickShow/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-QuickShow
diff --git a/Applications/Taskbar/.gitignore b/Applications/Taskbar/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 16c1af3246b..00000000000
--- a/Applications/Taskbar/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-Taskbar
-*.autosave
diff --git a/Applications/Terminal/.gitignore b/Applications/Terminal/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e8048853079..00000000000
--- a/Applications/Terminal/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-Terminal
-compile_commands.json
diff --git a/Applications/TextEditor/.gitignore b/Applications/TextEditor/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index cf1007cf635..00000000000
--- a/Applications/TextEditor/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-TextEditor
diff --git a/Demos/Fire/.gitignore b/Demos/Fire/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a47f816fa1..00000000000
--- a/Demos/Fire/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fire
-*.o
-*.d
diff --git a/Demos/HelloWorld/.gitignore b/Demos/HelloWorld/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 17a4d1f7ae0..00000000000
--- a/Demos/HelloWorld/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-HelloWorld
-*.o
-*.d
diff --git a/Demos/RetroFetch/.gitignore b/Demos/RetroFetch/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 83be6f71004..00000000000
--- a/Demos/RetroFetch/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-RetroFetch
-*.o
-*.d
diff --git a/Demos/WidgetGallery/.gitignore b/Demos/WidgetGallery/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 98d9ec16198..00000000000
--- a/Demos/WidgetGallery/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-WidgetGallery
diff --git a/DevTools/VisualBuilder/.gitignore b/DevTools/VisualBuilder/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f1b8cdb6c96..00000000000
--- a/DevTools/VisualBuilder/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-VisualBuilder
diff --git a/Games/Minesweeper/.gitignore b/Games/Minesweeper/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 530c1151577..00000000000
--- a/Games/Minesweeper/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-Minesweeper
diff --git a/Games/Snake/.gitignore b/Games/Snake/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 69c704ac033..00000000000
--- a/Games/Snake/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-Snake
-*.autosave
diff --git a/Kernel/.gitignore b/Kernel/.gitignore
index 984793fa3dc..ea7a788ebac 100644
--- a/Kernel/.gitignore
+++ b/Kernel/.gitignore
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-Boot/boot.ao
-kernel
 kernel.map
-_fs_contents
 sync-local.sh
 *.pcap
 eth_null*
-_disk_image
-compile_commmands.json
diff --git a/Kernel/Net/.gitignore b/Kernel/Net/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6142305dc12..00000000000
--- a/Kernel/Net/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
diff --git a/Kernel/VM/.gitignore b/Kernel/VM/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6142305dc12..00000000000
--- a/Kernel/VM/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
diff --git a/LibC/.gitignore b/LibC/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e10af1241fc..00000000000
--- a/LibC/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.no
-*.ao
-*.d
-libc.a
diff --git a/LibCore/.gitignore b/LibCore/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 70cec2cdecd..00000000000
--- a/LibCore/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-libcore.a
diff --git a/LibGUI/.gitignore b/LibGUI/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 322d638d6ac..00000000000
--- a/LibGUI/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-libgui.a
diff --git a/LibHTML/.gitignore b/LibHTML/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e6e86bf61b5..00000000000
--- a/LibHTML/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-libhtml.a
-tho
diff --git a/LibM/.gitignore b/LibM/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 551948494d0..00000000000
--- a/LibM/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-libm.a
diff --git a/Meta/.gitignore b/Meta/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 19bd9e15b6e..00000000000
--- a/Meta/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-convert-raw-to-rgb
diff --git a/Servers/LookupServer/.gitignore b/Servers/LookupServer/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bdfd6d40d6..00000000000
--- a/Servers/LookupServer/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-LookupServer
diff --git a/Servers/SystemServer/.gitignore b/Servers/SystemServer/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 94be980e2b2..00000000000
--- a/Servers/SystemServer/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SystemServer
-main.d
-main.o
diff --git a/Servers/WindowServer/.gitignore b/Servers/WindowServer/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d04c541523..00000000000
--- a/Servers/WindowServer/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-WindowServer
diff --git a/SharedGraphics/.gitignore b/SharedGraphics/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6142305dc12..00000000000
--- a/SharedGraphics/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
diff --git a/Shell/.gitignore b/Shell/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 06bedaa3dbb..00000000000
--- a/Shell/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*.d
-Shell
diff --git a/Userland/.gitignore b/Userland/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e38b03c53a3..00000000000
--- a/Userland/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore all files without extension
-*
-!*.*
-!*/
-!Makefile
-
-*.o
-*.d
-compile_commands.json