diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 674d410f1..d528d1c68 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 *.so
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
-tags
+/tags
 /build
-linux-package
-kitty.app
-compile_commands.json
-link_commands.json
-glad/out
-kitty/launcher
-*.dSYM
+/linux-package
+/kitty.app
+/compile_commands.json
+/link_commands.json
+/glad/out
+/kitty/launcher
+/*.dSYM
 __pycache__
-glfw/wayland-*-client-protocol.[ch]
-docs/_build
-docs/generated
+/glfw/wayland-*-client-protocol.[ch]
+/docs/_build
+/docs/generated
 .DS_Store