diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aaa38aec2..702fd48c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 *
 # Now, whitelist anything that's a directory
 !*/
-!*/python
 # whitelist only the files that ever need to be tracked
 !*.f90
 !*.sh
@@ -13,72 +12,18 @@
 !paper/paper.md
 !paper/paper.bib
 !README.swifter 
-!*.in
 dump*
-!example/cleanup
-!example/swifter_symba_omp
-!Makefile
-src/*/Makefile
-!Makefile.Defines
-src/*/Makefile.Defines
-!**/.gitignore
+!.gitignore
 !*.py
 !*.ipynb
+!examples/**
 *ipynb_checkpoints
 
-#fxdr library
-!fxdr*/*.c
-!fxdr*/*.F
-!fxdr*/*.3f
-!fxdr*/*.h
-!fxdr*/*.inc
-!fxdr*/cxdrreal64
-!fxdr*/test.orig.xdr
-!fxdr*/test_read_only.xdr
-!fxdr*/configure/
-!fxdr*/README*
-!fxdr*/Makefile.bak
-!fxdr*/Makefile.fxdr
-!fxdr*/Makefile.tmpl
-!fxdr*/Defines.*
-
-#collresolve
-!collresolve/*.c
-!collresolve/*.h
-!collresolve/*.py
-!collresolve/Makefile.am
-!collresolve/configure.ac
-!collresolve/cambioni2019/*.h
-!collresolve/cambioni2019/*.c
-collresolve/config.h
-
-
-
 #Documentation
 !docs/*
 !docs/*/*
 !docs/*/*/*
 !README_figs/*
 
-python/swiftest/tests/convert_code_type/swift2swifter/pl.swift2swifter.in
-
-python/swiftest/tests/convert_code_type/swift2swifter/tp.swift2swifter.in
-
-python/swiftest/tests/convert_code_type/swift2swiftest/cb.swift2swiftest.in
-
-python/swiftest/tests/convert_code_type/swift2swiftest/pl.swift2swiftest.in
-
-python/swiftest/tests/convert_code_type/swift2swiftest/tp.swift2swiftest.in
-
-python/swiftest/tests/convert_code_type/swifter2swiftest/cb.swifter2swiftest.in
-
-python/swiftest/tests/convert_code_type/cb.swifter2swiftest.in
-
-python/swiftest/tests/convert_code_type/swifter2swiftest/pl.swifter2swiftest.in
-
-python/swiftest/tests/convert_code_type/swifter2swiftest/tp.swifter2swiftest.in
-
-!python/swiftest/requirements.txt
-
 bin/
 build/*
diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
index 9b92350e2..139597f9c 100644
--- a/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-**/simdata/*
+