diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b71c270d7368c..15fbbc6337243 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,13 +1,38 @@
-target/
-**/target/
+!polkadot.service
+.cargo-remote.toml
+.direnv/
+.DS_Store
+.env
 .idea
+.local
 .vscode
-.DS_Store
-/.cargo/config
-polkadot_argument_parsing
-**/node_modules
-**/chains/
+.wasm-binaries
+*.bin
 *.iml
-.env
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*.swp
 **/._*
-
+**/.criterion/
+**/*.rs.bk
+**/chains/
+**/hfuzz_target/
+**/hfuzz_workspace/
+**/node_modules
+**/target/
+**/wip/*.stderr
+/.cargo/config
+/.envrc
+artifacts
+bin/node-template/Cargo.lock
+nohup.out
+polkadot_argument_parsing
+polkadot.*
+pwasm-alloc/Cargo.lock
+pwasm-libc/Cargo.lock
+release-artifacts
+release.json
+rls*.log
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+substrate.code-workspace
+target/
diff --git a/cumulus/.gitignore b/cumulus/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 225be85774587..0000000000000
--- a/cumulus/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-**/target/
-.idea
-.vscode
-.DS_Store
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diff --git a/polkadot/.gitignore b/polkadot/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 61ef9e91a55e7..0000000000000
--- a/polkadot/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-**/target/
-**/*.rs.bk
-*.swp
-.wasm-binaries
-runtime/wasm/target/
-**/._*
-.idea
-.vscode
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-.DS_Store
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-
-artifacts
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diff --git a/substrate/.gitignore b/substrate/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 65059279f3a55..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
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-**/*.rs.bk
-*.swp
-.wasm-binaries
-pwasm-alloc/target/
-pwasm-libc/target/
-pwasm-alloc/Cargo.lock
-pwasm-libc/Cargo.lock
-bin/node/runtime/wasm/target/
-**/._*
-**/.criterion/
-.vscode
-polkadot.*
-.DS_Store
-.idea/
-nohup.out
-rls*.log
-*.orig
-*.rej
-**/wip/*.stderr
-.local
-**/hfuzz_target/
-**/hfuzz_workspace/
-.cargo-remote.toml
-*.bin
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-.direnv/
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