diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index e11afd6..b382cb4 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-//@ts-check
 const defaultGroups = {
 	'accessor-pairs': [{ 'accessorPair': true, 'sort': 'alphabetical' }],
 	'accessors': [{ 'kind': 'get', 'accessorPair': false, 'sort': 'alphabetical' }, { 'kind': 'set', 'accessorPair': false, 'sort': 'alphabetical' }],
@@ -36,16 +35,23 @@ export const getSortMemberRules = (order, groups) => {
 	};
 };
 
+function isGlobalIgnores(config) {
+	const keys = Object.keys(config);
+	return keys.length === 1 && keys[0] === 'ignores';
+}
+
 export function setDirectoryConfigs(globalConfig, directoryConfigs) {
 	const configs = globalConfig.map(c => ({ ...c }));
 	for (const dir in directoryConfigs) {
 		const pattern = `${dir}/**/*`;
 		for (const baseConfig of configs) {
+			if (isGlobalIgnores(baseConfig)) continue;
 			if (!(baseConfig.ignores)) baseConfig.ignores = [];
 			baseConfig.ignores.push(pattern);
 		}
 
 		for (const dirConfig of directoryConfigs[dir]) {
+			if (isGlobalIgnores(dirConfig)) continue;
 			const files = dirConfig.files ? dirConfig.files.map(f => `${dir}/${f}`) : [pattern];
 			configs.push({
 				...dirConfig,
@@ -59,6 +65,7 @@ export function setDirectoryConfigs(globalConfig, directoryConfigs) {
 
 export function addExtensions(config, extensions) {
 	return config.map(c => {
+		if (isGlobalIgnores(c)) return c;
 		const newFiles = [];
 		for (const f of (c.files ?? ['**/*'])) {
 			if (f.includes('.')) newFiles.push(f);