diff --git a/02.variables/.gitignore b/02.variables/.gitignore
index f96b838..105a6e3 100644
--- a/02.variables/.gitignore
+++ b/02.variables/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/file1
-/file2
-/file3
-/file4
+# ignore all generated file by the makefile (we prefix them with file...)
+/file*