diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f5f6509..648dc31 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -162,15 +162,4 @@ cython_debug/
 .Trash-*
 
 # .nfs files are created when an open file is removed but is still being accessed
-.nfs*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-# Project specific temporary files 
-# tmp/
-
-# PDF Outputs
-# PDFs/
+.nfs*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PDFs/.gitignore b/PDFs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86d0cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PDFs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tmp/.gitignore b/tmp/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86d0cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file