diff --git a/packages/knip/src/util/glob-core.ts b/packages/knip/src/util/glob-core.ts
index e948fe063..a13db7c23 100644
--- a/packages/knip/src/util/glob-core.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/src/util/glob-core.ts
@@ -111,18 +111,18 @@ export const findAndParseGitignores = async (cwd: string) => {
     const patterns = readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
 
     for (const rule of parseAndConvertGitignorePatterns(patterns, ancestor)) {
-      const [pattern, extraPattern] = rule.patterns;
+      const [pattern1, pattern2] = rule.patterns;
       if (rule.negated) {
         if (base === '' || base.startsWith('..')) {
-          if (!unignores.includes(extraPattern)) {
+          if (!unignores.includes(pattern2)) {
             unignores.push(...rule.patterns);
-            dirUnignores.add(pattern);
-            dirUnignores.add(extraPattern);
+            dirUnignores.add(pattern1);
+            dirUnignores.add(pattern2);
           }
         } else {
-          if (!unignores.includes(extraPattern.startsWith('**/') ? extraPattern : `**/${extraPattern}`)) {
-            const unignore = join(base, pattern);
-            const extraUnignore = join(base, extraPattern);
+          if (!unignores.includes(pattern2.startsWith('**/') ? pattern2 : `**/${pattern2}`)) {
+            const unignore = join(base, pattern1);
+            const extraUnignore = join(base, pattern2);
             unignores.push(unignore, extraUnignore);
             dirUnignores.add(unignore);
             dirUnignores.add(extraUnignore);
@@ -130,21 +130,17 @@ export const findAndParseGitignores = async (cwd: string) => {
         }
       } else {
         if (base === '' || base.startsWith('..')) {
-          if (!ignores.has(extraPattern)) {
-            ignores.add(pattern);
-            ignores.add(extraPattern);
-            dirIgnores.add(pattern);
-            dirIgnores.add(extraPattern);
-          }
+          ignores.add(pattern1);
+          ignores.add(pattern2);
+          dirIgnores.add(pattern1);
+          dirIgnores.add(pattern2);
         } else {
-          if (!ignores.has(extraPattern.startsWith('**/') ? extraPattern : `**/${extraPattern}`)) {
-            const ignore = join(base, pattern);
-            const extraIgnore = join(base, extraPattern);
-            ignores.add(ignore);
-            ignores.add(extraIgnore);
-            dirIgnores.add(ignore);
-            dirIgnores.add(extraIgnore);
-          }
+          const ignore = join(base, pattern1);
+          const extraIgnore = join(base, pattern2);
+          ignores.add(ignore);
+          ignores.add(extraIgnore);
+          dirIgnores.add(ignore);
+          dirIgnores.add(extraIgnore);
         }
       }
     }