diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dead0b2f28..00000000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-ql/target
-ql/extractor-pack
-.vscode/launch.json
-.cache
-ql/ql/test/**/*.testproj
-ql/ql/test/**/*.actual
-ql/ql/test/**/CONSISTENCY
-ql/work
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/ql/.gitattributes
similarity index 100%
rename from .gitattributes
rename to ql/.gitattributes
diff --git a/ql/.gitignore b/ql/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5af0736b59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+target
+extractor-pack
+.vscode/launch.json
+.cache
+ql/test/**/*.testproj
+ql/test/**/*.actual
+ql/test/**/CONSISTENCY
+work