diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39683aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# NOTE: This is the actual `.gitignore` file for this dotfiles repo,
+# not one of my dotfiles.
+
+ssh/known_hosts
+ssh/id_rsa
+
+vim/runtime/undo
diff --git a/gitignore b/gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index de1f652..0000000
--- a/gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-ssh/known_hosts
-ssh/id_rsa
-vim/runtime/undo