diff --git a/t/helper/.gitignore b/t/helper/.gitignore
index 2bad28af92..48c7bb0bbb 100644
--- a/t/helper/.gitignore
+++ b/t/helper/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-*
-!*.sh
-!*.[ch]
-!*.gitignore
-
+/test-tool
+/test-fake-ssh
+/test-line-buffer
+/test-svn-fe