diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc1c09c21..f01a7f2e6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,18 +18,7 @@ __pycache__/
 /misoc_*/
 
 /artiq/test/results
-/artiq/examples/master/results
-/artiq/examples/master/last_rid.pyon
-/artiq/examples/master/dataset_db.pyon
-/artiq/examples/sim/results
-/artiq/examples/sim/dataset_db.pyon
 
-# recommended location for testbed
-/run
-# alternatively, when testing ad-hoc experiments at the root:
-/repository/
-/results
-/last_rid.pyon
-/dataset_db.pyon
-/device_db*.pyon
-/test*.py
+/artiq/examples/*/results
+/artiq/examples/*/last_rid.pyon
+/artiq/examples/*/dataset_db.pyon