diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05e207ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/build/
+.Xil
+database/*
diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 13e60142..00000000
--- a/tools/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/bitread
-/segmatch