diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec7bcdde72..5054e5929c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,32 @@ node_modules
 dist
 dist-*
 .vscode
+.publish
+
+# from extension
+Cached Theme.pak
+Cached Theme Material Design.pak
+
+# from https-proxy project
+packages/https-proxy/ca/
+
+# from example
+packages/example/app
+packages/example/build
+packages/example/cypress/screenshots
+packages/example/cypress/videos
+packages/example/cypress/fixtures/profile.json
+packages/example/cypress/fixtures/users.json
+
+# from server
+packages/server/.cy
+
+# from docs
+docs/public
+docs/db.json
+docs/.deploy*/
+docs/cypress/screenshots
+docs/cypress/videos
+docs/themes/cypress/source/css/vendor
+docs/themes/cypress/source/js/vendor
+docs/themes/cypress/source/fonts/vendor
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 39468de491..0000000000
--- a/docs/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-.DS_Store
-Thumbs.db
-node_modules
-*.log
-public
-db.json
-.deploy*/
-cypress/screenshots
-cypress/videos
-themes/cypress/source/css/vendor
-themes/cypress/source/js/vendor
-themes/cypress/source/fonts/vendor
diff --git a/packages/desktop-gui/.gitignore b/packages/desktop-gui/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 036b7cf8ca..0000000000
--- a/packages/desktop-gui/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directory
-# https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/faq#should-i-check-my-node-modules-folder-into-git
-node_modules
-
-# Optional npm cache directory
-.npm
-
-# Optional REPL history
-.node_repl_history
-
-bower_components
-dist
-cypress/screenshots
-cypress/videos
-*.orig
diff --git a/packages/electron/.gitignore b/packages/electron/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d4d7e3f614..0000000000
--- a/packages/electron/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-node_modules
-dist
-*.log
diff --git a/packages/example/.gitignore b/packages/example/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 8230d566de..0000000000
--- a/packages/example/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-app
-build
-node_modules
-*.log
-.publish
-cypress/screenshots
-cypress/videos
-cypress/fixtures/profile.json
-cypress/fixtures/users.json
diff --git a/packages/extension/.gitignore b/packages/extension/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bfbb32e7a..0000000000
--- a/packages/extension/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directory
-# https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/faq#should-i-check-my-node-modules-folder-into-git
-node_modules
-
-# Optional npm cache directory
-.npm
-
-# Optional REPL history
-.node_repl_history
-
-bower_components
-dist
-theme/Cached Theme.pak
-theme/Cached Theme Material Design.pak
diff --git a/packages/https-proxy/.gitignore b/packages/https-proxy/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c93bbf3a51..0000000000
--- a/packages/https-proxy/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directory
-# https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/faq#should-i-check-my-node-modules-folder-into-git
-node_modules
-
-# Optional npm cache directory
-.npm
-
-# Optional REPL history
-.node_repl_history
-
-ca
-.http-mitm-proxy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/launcher/.gitignore b/packages/launcher/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index fbbdd32ac0..0000000000
--- a/packages/launcher/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directory
-# https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/faq#should-i-check-my-node-modules-folder-into-git
-node_modules
-
-# Optional npm cache directory
-.npm
-
-# Optional REPL history
-.node_repl_history
-
-# JS files generated from TypeScript files
-lib/*.js
-lib/**/*.js
-# We no longer need coffee files, all "lib" should be generated
-lib/*.coffee
-lib/**/*.coffee
diff --git a/packages/reporter/.gitignore b/packages/reporter/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d8eda5ed90..0000000000
--- a/packages/reporter/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-.DS_Store
-
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directory
-# https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/faq#should-i-check-my-node-modules-folder-into-git
-node_modules
-
-# Optional npm cache directory
-.npm
-
-# Optional REPL history
-.node_repl_history
-
-bower_components
-dist
-
-*.orig
diff --git a/packages/runner/.gitignore b/packages/runner/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e5415dba84..0000000000
--- a/packages/runner/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-.DS_Store
-node_modules
-bower_components
-*.log
-dist*
-build
-cypress.env.json
-tmp
-*.orig
diff --git a/packages/server/.gitignore b/packages/server/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 59f8a23bb6..0000000000
--- a/packages/server/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-node_modules
-bower_components
-.tmp
-.sass-cache
-build/css
-lib/public
-.DS_Store
-npm-debug.log
-.cy
-nw/app/public
-nw/public
-dist
-build
-lib/secret_sauce.bin
-cache
-spec/fixtures/nw/cypress.zip
-.vagrant
-bin/chromium
-coverage
-tmp
-.projects
-*.orig
diff --git a/packages/socket/.gitignore b/packages/socket/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 4796eb8de8..0000000000
--- a/packages/socket/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directory
-# https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/faq#should-i-check-my-node-modules-folder-into-git
-node_modules
-
-# Optional npm cache directory
-.npm
-
-# Optional REPL history
-.node_repl_history