diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 420d528..b557efe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 # =========================================================
 # STM32 / CubeIDE build output
 # =========================================================
-Debug/
-Release/
-build/
-Build/
-out/
+bpdt-firmware/bpdt-adapter-stm32h5/Debug/
+bpdt-firmware/bpdt-adapter-stm32h5/Release/
+bpdt-firmware/bpdt-adapter-stm32h5/build/
+bpdt-firmware/bpdt-adapter-stm32h5/Build/
+bpdt-firmware/bpdt-adapter-stm32h5/out/
+bpdt-firmware/bpdt-adapter-stm32h5/.settings/*.log
+bpdt-firmware/bpdt-adapter-stm32h5/.settings/language.settings.xml
 
 *.o
 *.obj
@@ -30,13 +32,11 @@ out/
 *.launch
 *.log
 
-# Optional: user-specific settings only
-.settings/*.log
-.settings/language.settings.xml
-
 # =========================================================
 # KiCad generated temporary / backup files
 # =========================================================
+bpdt-hardware/bpdt-hardware-backups
+bpdt-hardware/#auto_saved_files#
 *.kicad_prl
 *.kicad_sch-bak
 *.kicad_pcb-bak
diff --git a/bpdt-hardware/#auto_saved_files# b/bpdt-hardware/#auto_saved_files#
deleted file mode 100644
index 543ab28..0000000
--- a/bpdt-hardware/#auto_saved_files#
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-C:\Users\herli\Documents\Git\bpdt-adapter-stm32h5\bpdt-hardware\_autosave-bpdt-hardware.kicad_sch
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