diff --git a/cmd/sync/snapshot_test.go b/cmd/sync/snapshot_test.go
index 6e307cb8..ef945008 100644
--- a/cmd/sync/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/cmd/sync/snapshot_test.go
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ func TestDiff(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	defer f2.Close()
 
-	fileSet, err := git.NewFileSet(projectDir, false)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	fileSet := git.NewFileSet(projectDir)
 	files, err := fileSet.All()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	state := Snapshot{
diff --git a/git/fileset.go b/git/fileset.go
index 90493f68..a3734cf7 100644
--- a/git/fileset.go
+++ b/git/fileset.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	ignore "github.com/sabhiram/go-gitignore"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 type File struct {
@@ -37,39 +36,29 @@ type FileSet struct {
 	ignore *ignore.GitIgnore
 }
 
-// Retuns FileSet for the repository located at `root`
-func NewFileSet(root string, isProjectRoot bool) (*FileSet, error) {
-	gitIgnoreMatchers := []string{}
-	gitIgnorePath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/.gitignore", root)
-	rawIgnore, err := os.ReadFile(gitIgnorePath)
+// GetFileSet retrieves FileSet from Git repository checkout root
+// or panics if no root is detected.
+func GetFileSet() (FileSet, error) {
+	root, err := Root()
+	return NewFileSet(root), err
+}
 
+// Retuns FileSet for the repository located at `root`
+func NewFileSet(root string) FileSet {
+	lines := []string{".git", ".bricks"}
+	rawIgnore, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/.gitignore", root))
 	if err == nil {
 		// add entries from .gitignore if the file exists (did read correctly)
 		for _, line := range strings.Split(string(rawIgnore), "\n") {
 			// underlying library doesn't behave well with Rule 5 of .gitignore,
 			// hence this workaround
-			gitIgnoreMatchers = append(gitIgnoreMatchers, strings.Trim(line, "/"))
+			lines = append(lines, strings.Trim(line, "/"))
 		}
 	}
-
-	if isProjectRoot && !slices.Contains(gitIgnoreMatchers, ".databricks") {
-		f, err := os.OpenFile(gitIgnorePath, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		_, err = f.WriteString("\n/.databricks/")
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		gitIgnoreMatchers = append(gitIgnoreMatchers, ".databricks")
-	}
-
-	syncIgnoreMatchers := []string{".git"}
-
-	return &FileSet{
+	return FileSet{
 		root:   root,
-		ignore: ignore.CompileIgnoreLines(append(gitIgnoreMatchers, syncIgnoreMatchers...)...),
-	}, nil
+		ignore: ignore.CompileIgnoreLines(lines...),
+	}
 }
 
 // Return root for fileset.
diff --git a/git/fileset_test.go b/git/fileset_test.go
index 80610ec4..b35e827e 100644
--- a/git/fileset_test.go
+++ b/git/fileset_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package git
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -27,8 +26,7 @@ func TestRecusiveListFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// config file is returned
 	// .gitignore is not because we explictly ignore it in .gitignore
-	fileSet, err := NewFileSet(projectDir, false)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	fileSet := NewFileSet(projectDir)
 	files, err := fileSet.RecursiveListFiles(projectDir)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, files, 1)
@@ -65,8 +63,7 @@ func TestFileSetNonCleanRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	// Path simplification is done by most filepath functions.
 	root := "./../git"
 	require.NotEqual(t, root, filepath.Clean(root))
-	fs, err := NewFileSet(root, false)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	fs := NewFileSet(root)
 	files, err := fs.All()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2914c540..7dea5c30 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,14 +13,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0 // Apache 2.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 // MIT
 	github.com/whilp/git-urls v1.0.0 // MIT
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0 // BSD-3-Clause
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220106191415-9b9b3d81d5e3 // BSD-3-Clause
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // Apache 2.0
 )
 
-require (
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221031165847-c99f073a8326
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220513210516-0976fa681c29
-)
+require golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220513210516-0976fa681c29
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.6.1 // indirect
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220526153639-5463443f8c37 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20220628200809-02e64fa58f26 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210723032227-1f47c861a9ac // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.82.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5bebab36..31e98125 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -252,8 +252,6 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20191227195350-da58074b4299/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u0
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200119233911-0405dc783f0a/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u096TMicItID8zy7Y6sNkU49FU4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200207192155-f17229e696bd/go.mod h1:J/WKrq2StrnmMY6+EHIKF9dgMWnmCNThgcyBT1FY9mM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200224162631-6cc2880d07d6/go.mod h1:3jZMyOhIsHpP37uCMkUooju7aAi5cS1Q23tOzKc+0MU=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221031165847-c99f073a8326 h1:QfTh0HpN6hlw6D3vu8DAwC8pBIwikq0AI1evdm+FksE=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221031165847-c99f073a8326/go.mod h1:CxIveKay+FTh1D0yPZemJVgC/95VzuuOLq5Qi4xnoYc=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190227222117-0694c2d4d067/go.mod h1:kZ7UVZpmo3dzQBMxlp+ypCbDeSB+sBbTgSJuh5dn5js=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190802002840-cff245a6509b/go.mod h1:FeLwcggjj3mMvU+oOTbSwawSJRM1uh48EjtB4UJZlP0=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
@@ -279,8 +277,8 @@ golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.1/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0 h1:b9gGHsz9/HhJ3HF5DHQytPpuwocVTChQJK3AvoLRD5I=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0/go.mod h1:4mET923SAdbXp2ki8ey+zGs1SLqsuM2Y0uvdZR/fUNI=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220106191415-9b9b3d81d5e3 h1:kQgndtyPBW/JIYERgdxfwMYh3AVStj88WQTlNDi2a+o=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220106191415-9b9b3d81d5e3/go.mod h1:3p9vT2HGsQu2K1YbXdKPJLVgG5VJdoTa1poYQBtP1AY=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180724234803-3673e40ba225/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180826012351-8a410e7b638d/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190108225652-1e06a53dbb7e/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
@@ -415,9 +413,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220227234510-4e6760a101f9/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220328115105-d36c6a25d886/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220502124256-b6088ccd6cba/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a h1:dGzPydgVsqGcTRVwiLJ1jVbufYwmzD3LfVPLKsKg+0k=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0 h1:kunALQeHf1/185U1i0GOB/fy1IPRDDpuoOOqRReG57U=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
diff --git a/project/project.go b/project/project.go
index 19cbd4b9..9b7747af 100644
--- a/project/project.go
+++ b/project/project.go
@@ -67,10 +67,7 @@ func Initialize(ctx context.Context, root, env string) (context.Context, error)
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("environment [%s] not defined", env)
 	}
 
-	fileSet, err := git.NewFileSet(root, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ctx, err
-	}
+	fileSet := git.NewFileSet(root)
 
 	p := project{
 		root: root,
@@ -78,7 +75,7 @@ func Initialize(ctx context.Context, root, env string) (context.Context, error)
 
 		config:      &config,
 		environment: &environment,
-		fileSet:     fileSet,
+		fileSet:     &fileSet,
 	}
 
 	p.initializeWorkspacesClient(ctx)
diff --git a/project/project_test.go b/project/project_test.go
index 2ecff5d8..3bee240b 100644
--- a/project/project_test.go
+++ b/project/project_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ func TestProjectInitialize(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, Get(ctx).config.Name, "dev")
 }
 
-func TestProjectInitializationCreatesGitIgnoreIfAbsent(t *testing.T) {
+func TestProjectCacheDirErrorsIfNoGitIgnoreFile(t *testing.T) {
 	// create project root with databricks.yml
 	projectDir := t.TempDir()
 	f1, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(projectDir, "databricks.yml"))
@@ -27,60 +26,29 @@ func TestProjectInitializationCreatesGitIgnoreIfAbsent(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, err := Initialize(context.Background(), projectDir, DefaultEnvironment)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	gitIgnorePath := filepath.Join(projectDir, ".gitignore")
-	assert.FileExists(t, gitIgnorePath)
-	fileBytes, err := os.ReadFile(gitIgnorePath)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Contains(t, string(fileBytes), ".databricks")
-
 	prj := Get(ctx)
 	_, err = prj.CacheDir()
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Error(t, err, "please add /.databricks/ to .gitignore")
 }
 
-func TestProjectInitializationAddsCacheDirToGitIgnore(t *testing.T) {
+func TestProjectCacheDirErrorsIfGitIgnoreEntryAbsent(t *testing.T) {
 	// create project root with databricks.yml
 	projectDir := t.TempDir()
 	f1, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(projectDir, "databricks.yml"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	defer f1.Close()
 
-	gitIgnorePath := filepath.Join(projectDir, ".gitignore")
-	f2, err := os.Create(gitIgnorePath)
+	// create empty .gitignore
+	f2, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(projectDir, ".gitignore"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	defer f2.Close()
 
 	ctx, err := Initialize(context.Background(), projectDir, DefaultEnvironment)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	fileBytes, err := os.ReadFile(gitIgnorePath)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Contains(t, string(fileBytes), ".databricks")
-
 	prj := Get(ctx)
 	_, err = prj.CacheDir()
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-}
-
-func TestProjectInitializationDoesNotAddCacheDirToGitIgnoreIfAlreadyPresent(t *testing.T) {
-	// create project root with databricks.yml
-	projectDir := t.TempDir()
-	f1, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(projectDir, "databricks.yml"))
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	defer f1.Close()
-
-	gitIgnorePath := filepath.Join(projectDir, ".gitignore")
-
-	err = os.WriteFile(gitIgnorePath, []byte("/.databricks/"), 0o644)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-	_, err = Initialize(context.Background(), projectDir, DefaultEnvironment)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-	fileBytes, err := os.ReadFile(gitIgnorePath)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, strings.Count(string(fileBytes), ".databricks"))
+	assert.Error(t, err, "please add /.databricks/ to .gitignore")
 }
 
 func TestProjectCacheDir(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/project/testdata/.gitignore b/project/testdata/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d4f22fe0..00000000
--- a/project/testdata/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-/.databricks/
-/.databricks/
-/.databricks/
-/.databricks/
-/.databricks/
\ No newline at end of file