diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b92ede2c06..cb77d18a4b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1 @@
 *.dSYM
-
-examples/game_of_life/life
-examples/hello_world
-examples/json
-examples/links_scraper
-examples/news_fetcher
-examples/tetris/tetris
-examples/word_counter/word_counter
diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
index dfcc4d85a6..3fd27ae07e 100644
--- a/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+game_of_life/life
 hello_world
 json
 links_scraper
 news_fetcher
+tetris/tetris
+word_counter/word_counter