diff --git a/tmp/.gitignore b/tmp/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b5100cf..00000000
--- a/tmp/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#ignore all files in this dir...
-*
-#... except for this one.
-!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tmp/test.txt b/tmp/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b