diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b903490e..3b34a6fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,55 +1,16 @@
-*.a
-*.dep.mk
-*.dist
-*.done
-*.jw-secret
-*.jw-secret-file
-*.ldscript
-*.o
-*.old
-*.orig
-*.out
-*.pc
-*.pyc
-*.rep
-*.secret
-*.so
-*.so.*
-*.swp
-*_generated_*
-*tmp*
-*~
--test-out.txt
-.cache-project.mk
-.exrc
-.feedfs_history
-.gdb_history
-.jw-agit
-.mypy_cache
-.ruff_cache
-__init__.py
-__pycache__
-bin/*.bat
-bin/*.pl
-bin/*.pm
-bin/*.py
-bin/*.sh
-bin/*.tcl
-conftest.py
-core
 dist
-ld-*.conf
-local.conf
-local.mk
-local.mk
-local.yaml
-make/*.pc
-mkspec.sh
-pr-descr*.txt
-pre-local.mk
-pyproject.toml
-pyrightconfig.json
-!*.jw-tmpl
-!*.tmpl
+bin/*.sh
+bin/*.py
+*.done
+*.dist
+*.out
+test-out.txt
+make/.cache.mk
+make/jw-pkg.pc
+minimal-to-master.sh
+pkg-build.dist
+pkgconfig/
+rebase.sh
+__pycache__
+.cache-project.mk
 .cache-projects.mk
-make/ssh-wrapper.sh
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7ff1e771..105c83d0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,16 +4,12 @@ PKG_UPLOAD_URLPREFIX      ?= rsync_ssh://$(JANWARE_USER)@pkg.janware.com:/srv/da
 all:
 all: cache-projects
 
-GITIGNORE_PATTERNS_TOP         =
-GITIGNORE_PATTERNS_END         = .cache-projects.mk make/ssh-wrapper.sh
-
 include $(TOPDIR)/make/proj.mk
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/topdir.mk
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/srcdist.mk
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/git-cvs-bridge.mk
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/py-topdir.mk
 
-
 clean: clean.pkgconfig
 clean.pkgconfig:
 	rm -rf pkgconfig
diff --git a/conf/templates/gitignore b/conf/templates/gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d297dbe..00000000
--- a/conf/templates/gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-{top}
-*.a
-*.dep.mk
-*.dist
-*.done
-*.jw-secret
-*.jw-secret-file
-*.ldscript
-*.o
-*.old
-*.orig
-*.out
-*.pc
-*.pyc
-*.rep
-*.secret
-*.so
-*.so.*
-*.swp
-*_generated_*
-*tmp*
-*~
--test-out.txt
-.cache-project.mk
-.exrc
-.feedfs_history
-.gdb_history
-.jw-agit
-.mypy_cache
-.ruff_cache
-__init__.py
-__pycache__
-bin/*.bat
-bin/*.pl
-bin/*.pm
-bin/*.py
-bin/*.sh
-bin/*.tcl
-conftest.py
-core
-dist
-ld-*.conf
-local.conf
-local.mk
-local.mk
-local.yaml
-make/*.pc
-mkspec.sh
-pr-descr*.txt
-pre-local.mk
-pyproject.toml
-pyrightconfig.json
-!*.jw-tmpl
-!*.tmpl
-{end}
diff --git a/make/py-topdir.mk b/make/py-topdir.mk
index 73b32fb6..75d95b50 100644
--- a/make/py-topdir.mk
+++ b/make/py-topdir.mk
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ clean: clean.topdir
 clean.topdir: clean.py-check
 
 pyproject.toml:
-	$(JW_PKG_TMPL_UPDATE) $@ --field mypypath='$(MYPY_PATH_DIRECTIVE)' $(PROJECT) > $@.tmp
+	$(PYTHON) $(JWB_SCRIPT_DIR)/jw-pkg.py -p $(PROJECTS_DIR) -t $(TOPDIR) --topdir-format unaltered projects create-file --format tmpl \
+		--template-name $@ --search-path $(JW_PKG_CONF_BASE_DIR)/templates --field mypypath='$(MYPY_PATH_DIRECTIVE)' $(PROJECT) > $@.tmp
 	mv $@.tmp $@
 
 pyrightconfig.json:
diff --git a/make/topdir.mk b/make/topdir.mk
index b8eb3e75..0573e7f0 100644
--- a/make/topdir.mk
+++ b/make/topdir.mk
@@ -95,13 +95,6 @@ ifneq ($(SUBDIRS_TO_ITERATE),)
   endif
 endif
 
-JW_PKG_TMPL_SEARCH_PATH     ?= $(JW_PKG_CONF_BASE_DIR)/templates
-JW_PKG_TMPL_UPDATE          ?= $(PYTHON) $(JWB_SCRIPT_DIR)/jw-pkg.py -p $(PROJECTS_DIR) -t $(TOPDIR) --topdir-format unaltered \
-				projects create-file --format tmpl --search-path $(subst $(space),:,$(JW_PKG_TMPL_SEARCH_PATH)) --template-name
-
-GITIGNORE_PATTERNS_TOP      ?= $(PROJECT)
-GITIGNORE_PATTERNS_END      ?= $(addprefix !,$(shell git ls-files 2>/dev/null | grep "\(\b$(PROJECT)\b\|__init__.py\)" | xargs))
-
 all: topdir config
 test: all
 
@@ -314,10 +307,3 @@ Makefile: ;
 %: $(TD_COPY_SRC)/% $$(foreach path,$$(TD_COPY_SRC_PATH),$$(wildcard $$(addprefix $$(path)/,$$@))) $$(wildcard $$@.*)
 	cat $^ > $@.tmp
 	mv $@.tmp $@
-
-gitignore:
-	$(JW_PKG_TMPL_UPDATE) gitignore --field-keys top,end \
-		$(addprefix --field top=,$(GITIGNORE_PATTERNS_TOP)) \
-		$(addprefix --field end=,$(GITIGNORE_PATTERNS_END)) \
-		--field-separator='%n' $(PROJECT) | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*$$' > .gitignore.tmp
-	mv .gitignore.tmp .gitignore
diff --git a/scripts/jw-pkg-create-project.sh b/scripts/jw-pkg-create-project.sh
index 8ef06c49..c954b3ef 100644
--- a/scripts/jw-pkg-create-project.sh
+++ b/scripts/jw-pkg-create-project.sh
@@ -97,6 +97,42 @@ cat_make_project_conf()
 	EOT
 }
 
+cat_gitignore()
+{
+	cat <<-EOT
+	*.done
+	*.dist
+	*.dep.mk
+	.cache-project.mk
+	*.o
+	*.so.*
+	*.so
+	*.a
+	*.rep
+	ld-*.conf
+	*.ldscript
+	*.pc
+	$name
+	*_generated_*
+	*.secret
+	local.mk
+	.gdb_history
+	dist
+	mkspec.sh
+	*.out
+	*.orig
+	*.old
+	.feedfs_history
+	.exrc
+	*.swp
+	*tmp*
+	__init__.py
+	__pycache__
+	pyproject.toml
+	pyrightconfig.json
+	EOT
+}
+
 # ---------------------- here we go
 
 myname=`basename $0`
@@ -157,7 +193,7 @@ cat_make_Makefile > make/Makefile
 cat_VERSION > VERSION
 cat_make_proj_mk > make/proj.mk
 cat_make_project_conf > make/project.conf
-make gitignore
+cat_gitignore > .gitignore
 
 log Successfully created project template \"$name\".