diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b62dcb1a7bf53220779b1053ae135010acb501fc..ceb4f93b369d53eb6841484f63aac4308a03d7a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ parser/html/java/htmlparser/
 parser/html/java/javaparser/
 
 # Ignore the files and directory that Eclipse IDE creates
-/.project
-/.cproject
-/.settings/
+.project
+.cproject
+.settings/
 
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index eaeee62b5d8dba933ae3f5723e1f50a61a5b1479..a3b2ae954a7b6a5aeecdc34bddf170a13c65d769 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ _OPT\.OBJ/
 \.svn/
 
 # Ignore the files and directory that Eclipse IDE creates
-^\.project$
-^\.cproject$
-^\.settings$
+\.project$
+\.cproject$
+\.settings/