diff --git a/GWT.gitignore b/GWT.gitignore
index f75c3295..63e3e9c5 100644
--- a/GWT.gitignore
+++ b/GWT.gitignore
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 *.war
 
 # gwt caches and compiled units #
-war/gwt_bree/*
-gwt-unitCache/*
+war/gwt_bree/
+gwt-unitCache/
 
 # boilerplate generated classes #
-.apt_generated/*
+.apt_generated/
 
 # more caches and things from deploy #
-war/WEB-INF/deploy/*
-war/WEB-INF/classes/*
+war/WEB-INF/deploy/
+war/WEB-INF/classes/