diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07c4142..1ca7b04 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,4 +52,7 @@ target/
 build/
 
 ### VS Code ###
-.vscode/
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+.vscode/
+
+### Local dev ###
+**/application-local.yaml
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diff --git a/api/.gitignore b/api/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bc52a7..0000000
--- a/api/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# Compiled class file
-*.class
-
-# Log file
-*.log
-
-# BlueJ files
-*.ctxt
-
-# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
-.mtj.tmp/
-
-# Package Files #
-*.jar
-*.war
-*.nar
-*.ear
-*.zip
-*.tar.gz
-*.rar
-
-# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
-hs_err_pid*
-
-HELP.md
-target/
-!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
-!**/src/main/**
-!**/src/test/**
-
-### STS ###
-.apt_generated
-.classpath
-.factorypath
-.project
-.settings
-.springBeans
-.sts4-cache
-
-### IntelliJ IDEA ###
-.idea
-*.iws
-*.iml
-*.ipr
-
-### NetBeans ###
-/nbproject/private/
-/nbbuild/
-/dist/
-/nbdist/
-/.nb-gradle/
-build/
-
-### VS Code ###
-.vscode/
-**/application-local.yaml
-### test comment ###
-### test two ###
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