diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb5a316cb..d7af20fb1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,59 @@
-target
+# See https://github.com/github/gitignore for more about ignoring files.
+
+### GENERATED ###
+target/
+.apt_generated/
+.checkstyle
+bin/
+*.orig
+
+### IDEs ###
+.c9/
+*.launch
+.settings/
+*.sublime-workspace
+.vscode/*
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+nbproject/private/
+build/
+nbbuild/
+dist/
+nbdist/
+.nb-gradle/
+
+
+
+### WEB ###
+# compiled output
+tmp/
+out-tsc/
+
+# dependencies
+node_modules/
+
+
+# misc
+/.sass-cache
+/connect.lock
+/coverage
+/libpeerconnection.log
+npm-debug.log
+testem.log
+/typings
+
+# e2e
+e2e/*.js
+e2e/*.map
+
+# System Files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
diff --git a/lib/.gitignore b/lib/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c280e7c72..000000000
--- a/lib/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-*/target/
-*/bin/
-!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
-*.orig
-
-### STS ###
-.apt_generated
-.classpath
-.factorypath
-.project
-.settings
-.springBeans
-
-### IntelliJ IDEA ###
-.idea
-*.iws
-*.iml
-*.ipr
-
-### NetBeans ###
-nbproject/private/
-build/
-nbbuild/
-dist/
-nbdist/
-.nb-gradle/
-
-### DEV-TOOLS ###
-.checkstyle
diff --git a/lib/taskana-cdi-example/.gitignore b/lib/taskana-cdi-example/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dec5d949..000000000
--- a/lib/taskana-cdi-example/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/.apt_generated/
-/target/
-.checkstyle
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/.gitignore b/lib/taskana-core/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dec5d949..000000000
--- a/lib/taskana-core/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/.apt_generated/
-/target/
-.checkstyle
diff --git a/lib/taskana-spring-example/.gitignore b/lib/taskana-spring-example/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1451260c3..000000000
--- a/lib/taskana-spring-example/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/target/
-.checkstyle
diff --git a/lib/taskana-spring/.gitignore b/lib/taskana-spring/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1451260c3..000000000
--- a/lib/taskana-spring/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/target/
-.checkstyle
diff --git a/rest/.gitignore b/rest/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 789485cc2..000000000
--- a/rest/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-target/
-bin/
-.checkstyle
-!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
-*.orig
-
-### STS ###
-.apt_generated
-.classpath
-.factorypath
-.project
-.settings
-.springBeans
-
-### IntelliJ IDEA ###
-.idea
-*.iws
-*.iml
-*.ipr
-
-### NetBeans ###
-nbproject/private/
-build/
-nbbuild/
-dist/
-nbdist/
-.nb-gradle/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.gitignore b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 79ae721f2..000000000
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-target/
-.checkstyle
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring/.gitignore b/rest/taskana-rest-spring/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 789485cc2..000000000
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-target/
-bin/
-.checkstyle
-!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
-*.orig
-
-### STS ###
-.apt_generated
-.classpath
-.factorypath
-.project
-.settings
-.springBeans
-
-### IntelliJ IDEA ###
-.idea
-*.iws
-*.iml
-*.ipr
-
-### NetBeans ###
-nbproject/private/
-build/
-nbbuild/
-dist/
-nbdist/
-.nb-gradle/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/.gitignore b/web/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b8ebe928d..000000000
--- a/web/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
-
-# compiled output
-/dist
-/tmp
-/out-tsc
-/target
-
-# dependencies
-/node_modules
-
-# IDEs and editors
-/.idea
-*.iml
-.project
-.classpath
-.c9/
-*.launch
-.settings/
-*.sublime-workspace
-
-# IDE - VSCode
-.vscode/*
-!.vscode/settings.json
-!.vscode/tasks.json
-!.vscode/launch.json
-!.vscode/extensions.json
-
-# misc
-/.sass-cache
-/connect.lock
-/coverage
-/libpeerconnection.log
-npm-debug.log
-testem.log
-/typings
-
-# e2e
-/e2e/*.js
-/e2e/*.map
-
-# System Files
-.DS_Store
-Thumbs.db