diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf480a5..f696488 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 # Ignore all maven target directories
-/target
-*/target
-*/*/target
-*/*/*/target
+target
 
 # Ignore maven release files
 release.properties
@@ -18,8 +15,8 @@ pom.xml.tag
 pom.xml.versionsBackup
 
 # Ignore copyed site resource
-/src/site/markdown/build.md
-/src/site/markdown/todo.md
+src/site/markdown/build.md
+src/site/markdown/todo.md
 
 # Ignore binary files and formats
 *.o