diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/.gitignore b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/.gitignore
index 6fca9aff590..5b5077d5872 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/.gitignore
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-/preproc.y
 /preproc.c
 /preproc.h
 /pgc.c
-
 /ecpg
-/kwlookup.c
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/.gitignore b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/.gitignore
index 8d1c53904ae..d60b197a91f 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/.gitignore
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 /pg_regress
-
-# Exclude all C files in subdirectories
-/*/*.c
-
 # Exclude subdirectories
 /log/
 /results/
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/compat_informix/.gitignore b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/compat_informix/.gitignore
index 1f6c33f88ed..f97706ba4be 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/compat_informix/.gitignore
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/compat_informix/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
-# Exclude all non-pgc files
-*
-!*.pgc
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+/charfuncs.c
+/dec_test
+/dec_test.c
+/describe
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diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/connect/.gitignore b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/connect/.gitignore
index 99ac695d08f..1c30d6ef125 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/connect/.gitignore
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/connect/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-# Exclude all non-pgc files
-*
-!*.pgc
+/test1
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 /test1.pgc
+/test2
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diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/pgtypeslib/.gitignore b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/pgtypeslib/.gitignore
index 1f6c33f88ed..2987fef2153 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/pgtypeslib/.gitignore
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/pgtypeslib/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
-# Exclude all non-pgc files
-*
-!*.pgc
+/dt_test
+/dt_test.c
+/dt_test2
+/dt_test2.c
+/nan_test
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diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/preproc/.gitignore b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/preproc/.gitignore
index 1f6c33f88ed..f2b304b1371 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/preproc/.gitignore
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/preproc/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
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-*
-!*.pgc
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diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/sql/.gitignore b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/sql/.gitignore
index 1f6c33f88ed..ba58b342d7b 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/sql/.gitignore
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/sql/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,42 @@
-# Exclude all non-pgc files
-*
-!*.pgc
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diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/thread/.gitignore b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/thread/.gitignore
index 1f6c33f88ed..12ff319b94e 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/thread/.gitignore
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/thread/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
-# Exclude all non-pgc files
-*
-!*.pgc
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