diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 73ad37e4..96a94d25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 Manifest.toml
-!perf/**/Manifest.toml
 LocalPreferences.toml
 .vscode
-/.benchmarkci
-/perf/*.json
-/perf/**/results/**/benchmark_[0-9]
-/perf/**/results/**/benchmark_1[0-9]
+.benchmarkci
diff --git a/perf/.gitignore b/perf/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61d536bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perf/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+!**/Manifest.toml
+*.json
+**/results/**/benchmark_[0-9]
+**/results/**/benchmark_1[0-9]