diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3c2911..d497d0a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 # .vs, .vscode must be ignored
 .vs/
 .vscode/
-CAPI/build
-PyAPI/test
diff --git a/CAPI/.gitignore b/CAPI/.gitignore
index 698ed27..73487ce 100644
--- a/CAPI/.gitignore
+++ b/CAPI/.gitignore
@@ -497,3 +497,5 @@ install_manifest.txt
 compile_commands.json
 CTestTestfile.cmake
 _deps
+
+/build/
diff --git a/PyAPI/.gitignore b/PyAPI/.gitignore
index 3aaf031..dd2c21f 100644
--- a/PyAPI/.gitignore
+++ b/PyAPI/.gitignore
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ dmypy.json
 cython_debug/
 
 # generated proto files
-proto/
+/proto/
+
+# local test files
+/test/
 
 # PyCharm
 #  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can