diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d74724c06f..1fcd67c7805 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jspm_packages/
 .pnp.*
 
 # OS X temporary files
-.DS_Store/
+.DS_Store
 
 # IntelliJ IDEA project files; if you want to commit IntelliJ settings, this recipe may be helpful:
 # https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index c7e341a5522..5f92ce14d67 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jspm_packages/
 .pnp.*
 
 # OS X temporary files
-.DS_Store/
+.DS_Store
 
 # IntelliJ IDEA project files; if you want to commit IntelliJ settings, this recipe may be helpful:
 # https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
diff --git a/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/fix-DS_Store-ignore_2024-06-27-05-51.json b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/fix-DS_Store-ignore_2024-06-27-05-51.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ec849c3035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/fix-DS_Store-ignore_2024-06-27-05-51.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@microsoft/rush",
+      "comment": "Remove the trailing slash in the `.DS_Store/` line in the `.gitignore` file generated by `rush init`. `.DS_Store` is a file, not a folder.",
+      "type": "none"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@microsoft/rush"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/changes/@rushstack/loader-raw-script/fix-DS_Store-ignore_2024-06-27-05-51.json b/common/changes/@rushstack/loader-raw-script/fix-DS_Store-ignore_2024-06-27-05-51.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa3b1d6ee40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@rushstack/loader-raw-script/fix-DS_Store-ignore_2024-06-27-05-51.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@rushstack/loader-raw-script",
+      "comment": "",
+      "type": "none"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@rushstack/loader-raw-script"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/rush-lib/assets/rush-init/[dot]gitignore b/libraries/rush-lib/assets/rush-init/[dot]gitignore
index 2d74724c06f..1fcd67c7805 100644
--- a/libraries/rush-lib/assets/rush-init/[dot]gitignore
+++ b/libraries/rush-lib/assets/rush-init/[dot]gitignore
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jspm_packages/
 .pnp.*
 
 # OS X temporary files
-.DS_Store/
+.DS_Store
 
 # IntelliJ IDEA project files; if you want to commit IntelliJ settings, this recipe may be helpful:
 # https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
diff --git a/webpack/loader-raw-script/.gitignore b/webpack/loader-raw-script/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fbd6507339..00000000000
--- a/webpack/loader-raw-script/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-node_modules
-.DS_Store
-npm*.log
-coverage
-temp
-lib
-dist