--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ js/src/autom4te.cache
 js/src/tests/results-*.html
 js/src/tests/results-*.txt
 
 # Java HTML5 parser classes
 parser/html/java/htmlparser/
 parser/html/java/javaparser/
 
 # Ignore the files and directory that Eclipse IDE creates
-/.project
-/.cproject
-/.settings/
+.project
+.cproject
+.settings/
 

--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 
 # Java HTML5 parser classes
 ^parser/html/java/(html|java)parser/
 
 # SVN directories
 \.svn/
 
 # Ignore the files and directory that Eclipse IDE creates
-^\.project$
-^\.cproject$
-^\.settings$
+\.project$
+\.cproject$
+\.settings/