diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/file/exclude_gitignore.go b/pkg/integration/tests/file/exclude_gitignore.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 10ea62f15..000000000
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/file/exclude_gitignore.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-package file
-
-import (
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
-	. "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/components"
-)
-
-var ExcludeGitignore = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
-	Description:  "Failed attempt at excluding and ignoring the .gitignore file",
-	ExtraCmdArgs: "",
-	Skip:         false,
-	SetupConfig: func(config *config.AppConfig) {
-	},
-	SetupRepo: func(shell *Shell) {
-		shell.CreateFile(".gitignore", "")
-	},
-	Run: func(t *TestDriver, keys config.KeybindingConfig) {
-		t.Views().Files().
-			IsFocused().
-			Lines(
-				Contains(`?? .gitignore`).IsSelected(),
-			).
-			Press(keys.Files.IgnoreFile).
-			Tap(func() {
-				t.ExpectPopup().Menu().Title(Equals("ignore or exclude file")).Select(Contains("add to .git/info/exclude")).Confirm()
-
-				t.ExpectPopup().Alert().Title(Equals("Error")).Content(Equals("Cannot exclude .gitignore")).Confirm()
-			}).
-			Press(keys.Files.IgnoreFile).
-			Tap(func() {
-				t.ExpectPopup().Menu().Title(Equals("ignore or exclude file")).Select(Contains("add to .gitignore")).Confirm()
-
-				t.ExpectPopup().Alert().Title(Equals("Error")).Content(Equals("Cannot ignore .gitignore")).Confirm()
-			})
-
-		t.FileSystem().FileContent(".gitignore", Equals(""))
-		t.FileSystem().FileContent(".git/info/exclude", DoesNotContain(".gitignore"))
-	},
-})
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/file/gitignore.go b/pkg/integration/tests/file/gitignore.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eca835e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/file/gitignore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package file
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
+	. "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/components"
+)
+
+var GitIgnore = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
+	Description:  "Verify that we can't ignore the .gitignore file, then ignore/exclude other files",
+	ExtraCmdArgs: "",
+	Skip:         false,
+	SetupConfig: func(config *config.AppConfig) {
+	},
+	SetupRepo: func(shell *Shell) {
+		shell.CreateFile(".gitignore", "")
+		shell.CreateFile("toExclude", "")
+		shell.CreateFile("toIgnore", "")
+	},
+	Run: func(t *TestDriver, keys config.KeybindingConfig) {
+		t.Views().Files().
+			IsFocused().
+			Lines(
+				Contains(`?? .gitignore`).IsSelected(),
+				Contains(`?? toExclude`),
+				Contains(`?? toIgnore`),
+			).
+			Press(keys.Files.IgnoreFile).
+			// ensure we can't exclude the .gitignore file
+			Tap(func() {
+				t.ExpectPopup().Menu().Title(Equals("ignore or exclude file")).Select(Contains("add to .git/info/exclude")).Confirm()
+
+				t.ExpectPopup().Alert().Title(Equals("Error")).Content(Equals("Cannot exclude .gitignore")).Confirm()
+			}).
+			Press(keys.Files.IgnoreFile).
+			// ensure we can't ignore the .gitignore file
+			Tap(func() {
+				t.ExpectPopup().Menu().Title(Equals("ignore or exclude file")).Select(Contains("add to .gitignore")).Confirm()
+
+				t.ExpectPopup().Alert().Title(Equals("Error")).Content(Equals("Cannot ignore .gitignore")).Confirm()
+
+				t.FileSystem().FileContent(".gitignore", Equals(""))
+				t.FileSystem().FileContent(".git/info/exclude", DoesNotContain(".gitignore"))
+			}).
+			SelectNextItem().
+			Press(keys.Files.IgnoreFile).
+			// exclude a file
+			Tap(func() {
+				t.ExpectPopup().Menu().Title(Equals("ignore or exclude file")).Select(Contains("add to .git/info/exclude")).Confirm()
+
+				t.FileSystem().FileContent(".gitignore", Equals(""))
+				t.FileSystem().FileContent(".git/info/exclude", Contains("toExclude"))
+			}).
+			SelectNextItem().
+			Press(keys.Files.IgnoreFile).
+			// ignore a file
+			Tap(func() {
+				t.ExpectPopup().Menu().Title(Equals("ignore or exclude file")).Select(Contains("add to .gitignore")).Confirm()
+
+				t.FileSystem().FileContent(".gitignore", Equals("toIgnore\n"))
+				t.FileSystem().FileContent(".git/info/exclude", Contains("toExclude"))
+			})
+	},
+})
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/tests.go b/pkg/integration/tests/tests.go
index da72f84ed..da101e06b 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/tests.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/tests.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var tests = []*components.IntegrationTest{
 	file.DirWithUntrackedFile,
 	file.DiscardChanges,
 	file.DiscardStagedChanges,
-	file.ExcludeGitignore,
+	file.GitIgnore,
 	interactive_rebase.AmendMerge,
 	interactive_rebase.One,
 	stash.Rename,
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/COMMIT_EDITMSG b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/COMMIT_EDITMSG
deleted file mode 100644
index 5852f4463..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/COMMIT_EDITMSG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Initial commit
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/FETCH_HEAD b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/FETCH_HEAD
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/HEAD b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/HEAD
deleted file mode 100644
index cb089cd89..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/HEAD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ref: refs/heads/master
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/config b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/config
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ae104545..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[core]
-	repositoryformatversion = 0
-	filemode = true
-	bare = false
-	logallrefupdates = true
-	ignorecase = true
-	precomposeunicode = true
-[user]
-	email = CI@example.com
-	name = CI
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/description b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/description
deleted file mode 100644
index 498b267a8..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/description
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository.
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/index b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/index
deleted file mode 100644
index 65d675154..000000000
Binary files a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/index and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/info/exclude b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/info/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index f5a9a36c0..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/info/exclude
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
-# Lines that start with '#' are comments.
-# For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
-# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
-# *.[oa]
-# *~
-.DS_Store
-
-myfile1
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diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/HEAD b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/HEAD
deleted file mode 100644
index d4002669d..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/HEAD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 129cdae0c4ccd050e8398bcb18b2ce1e4a5626f9 CI <CI@example.com> 1657012793 +1000	commit (initial): Initial commit
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/refs/heads/master b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/refs/heads/master
deleted file mode 100644
index d4002669d..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/refs/heads/master
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 129cdae0c4ccd050e8398bcb18b2ce1e4a5626f9 CI <CI@example.com> 1657012793 +1000	commit (initial): Initial commit
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/objects/12/9cdae0c4ccd050e8398bcb18b2ce1e4a5626f9 b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/objects/12/9cdae0c4ccd050e8398bcb18b2ce1e4a5626f9
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/objects/4b/825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904 b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/objects/4b/825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/refs/heads/master b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/refs/heads/master
deleted file mode 100644
index d255339cd..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/.git_keep/refs/heads/master
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-129cdae0c4ccd050e8398bcb18b2ce1e4a5626f9
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/myfile1 b/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/myfile1
deleted file mode 100644
index a5bce3fd2..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/expected/repo/myfile1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-test1
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/recording.json b/test/integration/excludeMenu/recording.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d45736788..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/recording.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"KeyEvents":[{"Timestamp":788,"Mod":0,"Key":256,"Ch":105},{"Timestamp":2342,"Mod":0,"Key":256,"Ch":101},{"Timestamp":3429,"Mod":0,"Key":256,"Ch":113}],"ResizeEvents":[{"Timestamp":0,"Width":238,"Height":61}]}
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diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/setup.sh b/test/integration/excludeMenu/setup.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index bd74671ea..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/setup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-cd $1
-
-git init
-
-git config user.email "CI@example.com"
-git config user.name "CI"
-
-git commit --allow-empty -m "Initial commit"
-
-echo test1 > myfile1
-
diff --git a/test/integration/excludeMenu/test.json b/test/integration/excludeMenu/test.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b2ef1f3f4..000000000
--- a/test/integration/excludeMenu/test.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "description": "In this test a file is added to .git/info/exclude using the ignore or exclude menu",
-    "speed": 5
-}
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