diff --git a/docs/.cvsignore b/docs/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/.cvsignore
rename to docs/.gitignore
diff --git a/example/.cvsignore b/example/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from example/.cvsignore
rename to example/.gitignore
diff --git a/example/simple/.cvsignore b/example/simple/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d346126..0000000
--- a/example/simple/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Makefile
-Makefile.in
-.deps
-.libs
-*.gcno
-*.gcda
-scp
-scp_nonblock
-scp_write
-scp_write_nonblock
-sftp
-sftp_nonblock
-sftpdir
-sftpdir_nonblock
-ssh2
-sftp_RW_nonblock
-sftp_mkdir
-sftp_mkdir_nonblock
-sftp_write
-sftp_write_nonblock
-
diff --git a/tests/.cvsignore b/tests/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b0ebd8f..0000000
--- a/tests/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-.deps
-.libs
-*.gcno
-*.gcda
-Makefile
-Makefile.in
-simple
-ssh2
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index 6d8e5d0..b0ebd8f 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
+.deps
+.libs
+*.gcno
+*.gcda
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+simple
 ssh2