diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f7896d..0305307 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+# build folders
 target/
+
+# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
+hs_err_pid*.log
diff --git a/client/.gitignore b/client/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e01c619..0000000
--- a/client/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/target/
-
-# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
-hs_err_pid*
diff --git a/common/.gitignore b/common/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b83d222..0000000
--- a/common/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target/
diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100755
index b83d222..0000000
--- a/server/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target/