diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89512f9..39db666 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mutn
-mutn.exe
-libmuttonserver
-libmuttonserver.exe
+/mutn
+/mutn.exe
+/libmuttonserver
+/libmuttonserver.exe
diff --git a/completions/bash/mutn b/completions/bash/mutn
index 42fe1ae..e57f60a 100644
--- a/completions/bash/mutn
+++ b/completions/bash/mutn
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # mutn(1) completion
 
 _path_gen() {
-    local mutnPath="$HOME/.local/share/libmutton"
+    local entryRoot="$HOME/.local/share/libmutton"
     local globStatus=$(shopt -p globstar)
     [ -z "${globStatus##*u*}" ] && shopt -s globstar  # if recursive globbing is disabled, enable it
-    local fullPaths=("$mutnPath"/**/*)
+    local fullPaths=("$entryRoot"/**/*)
     $globStatus  # set recursive globbing to user default
     for scanPath in "${fullPaths[@]}"; do
       # exclude directories
-      [ -f "$scanPath" ] && trimmedPaths+=("${scanPath#$mutnPath}")
+      [ -f "$scanPath" ] && libmuttonTrimmedPaths+=("${scanPath#$entryRoot}")
     done
-    if [ "${trimmedPaths[0]}" == '' ]; then trimmedPaths[0]=help; fi
+    if [ "${libmuttonTrimmedPaths[0]}" == '' ]; then libmuttonTrimmedPaths[0]=help; fi
 } &&
 
 _mutnCompletions() {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ _mutnCompletions() {
 
   case $prev in
     mutn )
-      while read -r; do ITEM=${REPLY// /\\ }; COMPREPLY+=( "$ITEM" ); done < <( compgen -W "$(printf "'%s' " "${trimmedPaths[@]}")" -- "$cur" )
+      while read -r; do ITEM=${REPLY// /\\ }; COMPREPLY+=( "$ITEM" ); done < <( compgen -W "$(printf "'%s' " "${libmuttonTrimmedPaths[@]}")" -- "$cur" )
       ;;
     /* )
       while read -r; do COMPREPLY+=( "$REPLY" ); done < <( compgen -W "copy edit gen add shear" -- "$cur" )
diff --git a/completions/zsh/_mutn b/completions/zsh/_mutn
index 3746049..50ec02a 100644
--- a/completions/zsh/_mutn
+++ b/completions/zsh/_mutn
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 #compdef mutn
 
-mutnPath="$HOME/.local/share/libmutton"
-fullPaths=("$mutnPath"/**/*)
-trimmedPaths=()
-for scanPath in "${fullPaths[@]}"; do
+libmuttonEntryRoot="$HOME/.local/share/libmutton"
+libmuttonFullPaths=("$libmuttonEntryRoot"/**/*)
+libmuttonTrimmedPaths=()
+for scanPath in "${libmuttonFullPaths[@]}"; do
   # exclude directories
-  [ -f "$scanPath" ] && trimmedPaths+=("${scanPath#$mutnPath}")
+  [ -f "$scanPath" ] && libmuttonTrimmedPaths+=("${scanPath#$libmuttonEntryRoot}")
 done
-[[ -z $trimmedPaths ]] && trimmedPaths=(help)
+[[ -z $libmuttonTrimmedPaths ]] && libmuttonTrimmedPaths=(help)
 
 case ${words[-2]} in
   mutn )
-    compadd $trimmedPaths
+    compadd $libmuttonTrimmedPaths
     ;;
   /* )
     compadd {copy,edit,gen,add,shear}