diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e19097e5..ed0c04d2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-/build/*
-/doc/config
-/include/settings.hpp
+/build
 /polybar
 /polybar-msg
 /tags
+/compile_commands.json
 *.bak
 *.pyc
 *.swp
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04204c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+config
diff --git a/include/.gitignore b/include/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa09caac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+settings.hpp