diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5597b662d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Ignore latex auxiliary files and png images in this directory
+figures/*.png
+latex/*.aux
+latex/*.bbl
+latex/*.blg
+latex/*.log
+latex/*.out
+latex/*.toc
diff --git a/doc/figures/.gitignore b/doc/figures/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d57a63f4..000000000
--- a/doc/figures/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore image files in this directory
-*.png
diff --git a/doc/latex/.gitignore b/doc/latex/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c863c1bd1..000000000
--- a/doc/latex/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore latex auxiliary files in this directory
-*.aux
-*.log
-*.out
-*.toc
-*.bbl
-*.blg
diff --git a/model/configuration/.gitignore b/model/configuration/.gitignore
index 604ca8a6a..07689914c 100644
--- a/model/configuration/.gitignore
+++ b/model/configuration/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Ignore auto-generated mechanism files in this directory
 mechanism.*
-customRateFuncs.o
\ No newline at end of file
+customRateFuncs.o