diff --git a/spring-boot/spring-boot-testing/.gitignore b/spring-boot/spring-boot-testing/.gitignore
index 2b1babbf6..57060e0a5 100644
--- a/spring-boot/spring-boot-testing/.gitignore
+++ b/spring-boot/spring-boot-testing/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 /build/
 !gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
+# Directories #
+/build/
+bin/
+repos/
+/repos/
+doc/
+/doc/
+.gradle/
+/bin/
+target/
+
 ### STS ###
 .apt_generated
 .classpath
diff --git a/spring-boot/spring-boot-testing/myfile.txt b/spring-boot/spring-boot-testing/myfile.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30d74d258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot/spring-boot-testing/myfile.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test
\ No newline at end of file