diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd013225ef5..cd5cdbd1839 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ work/
 logs/
 .DS_Store
 build/
-target/
 **/.local*
 docs/html/
 docs/build.log
@@ -31,3 +30,7 @@ nb-configuration.xml
 nbactions.xml
 
 dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+
+# old patterns specific to maven
+*-execution-hints.log
+target/