diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23eea89567..52f8436268 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -69,5 +69,58 @@ typings/
 # OSX
 .DS_Store
 
+!test/utils/fixtures/**/*.csv
+
+# Ghost DB file
+*.db
+*.db-journal
+
+/ghost/core/core/server/data/export/exported*
+/ghost/core/content/tmp/*
+/ghost/core/content/data/*
+/ghost/core/content/logs/*
+/ghost/core/content/settings/*
+/ghost/core/content/apps/**/*
+/ghost/core/content/themes/**/*
+/ghost/core/content/images/**/*
+/ghost/core/content/media/**/*
+/ghost/core/content/files/**/*
+/ghost/core/content/public/*
+/ghost/core/content/adapters/storage/**/*
+/ghost/core/content/adapters/scheduling/**/*
+!/ghost/core/content/themes/casper
+!/ghost/core/README.md
+!/ghost/core/content/**/README.md
+
+# Changelog, which is autogenerated, not committed
+/ghost/core/CHANGELOG.md
+
+# Assets bundled into the release but we don't want to commit
+/ghost/core/LICENSE
+/ghost/core/PRIVACY.md
+/ghost/core/README.md
+/ghost/core/yarn.lock
+
+# Test generated files
+test/functional/*.png
+
+# ignore all custom json files for config
+/ghost/core/config.*.json
+
+# Built asset files
+/ghost/core/core/built
+/ghost/core/core/frontend/public/ghost.min.css
+
 # Caddyfile - for local development with ssl + caddy
 Caddyfile
+
+# Playwright state with cookies it keeps across tests
+/ghost/core/playwright-state.json
+
+# Admin
+/ghost/admin/dist
+
+# Portal
+!/ghost/portal/.env
+/ghost/portal/umd
+/ghost/portal/build
diff --git a/ghost/admin/.gitignore b/ghost/admin/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ce86f5bb4c..0000000000
--- a/ghost/admin/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-b-cov
-*.seed
-*.log
-*.csv
-*.dat
-*.out
-*.pid
-*.gz
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-pids
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-results
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-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log
-.nvmrc
-.bowerrc
-.idea/*
-*.iml
-*.sublime-*
-projectFilesBackup
-
-.DS_Store
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-# vim-related
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-[._]s[a-w][a-z]
-*.un~
-Session.vim
-.netrwhist
-.vimrc
-*~
-
-# TernJS
-.tern-project
-
-# See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
-
-# compiled output
-/dist
-/dist-test
-/tmp
-
-# dependencies
-/node_modules
-/bower_components
-
-# IDE
-.idea/*
-*.iml
-*.sublime-*
-.vscode/*
-
-# misc
-/.env*
-/.pnp*
-/.eslintcache
-/connect.lock
-/coverage/
-/libpeerconnection.log
-/testem.log
-/concat-stats-for
-jsconfig.json
diff --git a/ghost/core/.gitignore b/ghost/core/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b4fc3c28d4..0000000000
--- a/ghost/core/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-# Node template
-
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-*.pid.lock
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-
-# nyc test coverage
-.nyc_output
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# Bower dependency directory (https://bower.io/)
-bower_components
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (https://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directories
-node_modules/
-jspm_packages/
-
-# Typescript v1 declaration files
-typings/
-
-# Optional npm cache directory
-.npm
-
-# Optional eslint cache
-.eslintcache
-
-# Optional REPL history
-.node_repl_history
-
-# Output of 'npm pack'
-*.tgz
-
-# Yarn Integrity file
-.yarn-integrity
-
-# dotenv environment variables file
-.env
-
-# IDE
-.idea/*
-*.iml
-*.sublime-*
-.vscode/*
-
-# OSX
-.DS_Store
-
-# Custom ignore starts here
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-b-cov
-*.csv
-*.dat
-*.out
-*.gz
-
-!test/utils/fixtures/**/*.csv
-
-results
-
-package-lock.json
-bower_components
-.bowerrc
-projectFilesBackup
-
-# TernJS
-.tern-project
-
-# Ghost DB file
-*.db
-*.db-journal
-
-.build
-.dist
-.tmp
-
-/core/server/data/export/exported*
-/content/tmp/*
-/content/data/*
-/content/logs/*
-/content/settings/*
-/content/apps/**/*
-/content/themes/**/*
-/content/images/**/*
-/content/media/**/*
-/content/files/**/*
-/content/public/*
-/content/adapters/storage/**/*
-/content/adapters/scheduling/**/*
-!/content/themes/casper
-!/README.md
-!/content/**/README.md
-
-# Changelog, which is autogenerated, not committed
-CHANGELOG.md
-
-# Assets bundled into the release but we don't want to commit
-LICENSE
-PRIVACY.md
-README.md
-yarn.lock
-
-# Test generated files
-test/functional/*.png
-test/coverage
-
-# ignore all custom json files for config
-/config.*.json
-
-# Built asset files
-/core/built
-/core/frontend/public/ghost.min.css
-
-# Caddyfile - for local development with ssl + caddy
-Caddyfile
-
-# Playwright state with cookies it keeps across tests
-playwright-state.json
diff --git a/ghost/portal/.gitignore b/ghost/portal/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ad4272aa5..0000000000
--- a/ghost/portal/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-# Node template
-
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-*.pid.lock
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-
-# nyc test coverage
-.nyc_output
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# Bower dependency directory (https://bower.io/)
-bower_components
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (https://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directories
-node_modules/
-jspm_packages/
-
-# Typescript v1 declaration files
-typings/
-
-# Optional npm cache directory
-.npm
-
-# Optional eslint cache
-.eslintcache
-
-# Optional REPL history
-.node_repl_history
-
-# Output of 'npm pack'
-*.tgz
-
-# Yarn Integrity file
-.yarn-integrity
-
-# dotenv environment variables file
-.env.*
-
-# IDE
-.idea/*
-*.iml
-*.sublime-*
-.vscode/*
-
-# OSX
-.DS_Store
-
-# Membersjs build folders
-umd/
-build/
-
-# Allow .env file
-!.env
-## We use .env file to define NODE_PATH as recommended test-utils setup pattern to avoid relative imports.
-# Refs: https://testing-library.com/docs/react-testing-library/setup#jest-and-create-react-app
-# CRA also suggests `.env` files should be checked into source control
-# Ref: https://create-react-app.dev/docs/adding-custom-environment-variables/#adding-development-environment-variables-in-env
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