diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d6996a..6e48e79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /bin/stow
 /doc/stow.info
 /doc/version.texi
-/tmp-testing-trees/
+tmp-testing-trees/
 _build/
 autom4te.cache/
 blib/
diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 6fa2f49..df1f41f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@
 ^doc/HOWTO-RELEASE$
 
 # Avoid test files
-^tmp-testing-trees
+tmp-testing-trees