diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 937caecf..e3fe52e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ jspm_packages/
 .env
 .env.test
 
-# User-specific files
-conf.json
-
 # Generated files
 test/tutorials/out
 out/
diff --git a/packages/jsdoc-cli/test/fixtures/configs/conf.json b/packages/jsdoc-cli/test/fixtures/configs/conf.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a3c7c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jsdoc-cli/test/fixtures/configs/conf.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "opts": {
+    "version": true
+  },
+  "sourceType": "script"
+}