diff --git a/.changes/mobile-dev-watcher-ignore-gen.md b/.changes/mobile-dev-watcher-ignore-gen.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0dc17e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/mobile-dev-watcher-ignore-gen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"cli.rs": patch
+"cli.js": patch
+---
+
+Ignore the `gen` folder on the dev watcher.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs b/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs
index 1b6a1e53c..9890aeb9e 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ fn build_ignore_matcher(dir: &Path) -> IgnoreMatcher {
 
 fn lookup<F: FnMut(FileType, PathBuf)>(dir: &Path, mut f: F) {
   let mut default_gitignore = std::env::temp_dir();
-  default_gitignore.push(".tauri-dev");
+  default_gitignore.push(".tauri");
   let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(&default_gitignore);
   default_gitignore.push(".gitignore");
   if !default_gitignore.exists() {
diff --git a/tooling/cli/tauri-dev-watcher.gitignore b/tooling/cli/tauri-dev-watcher.gitignore
index 130e8431e..c4b62fb4b 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/tauri-dev-watcher.gitignore
+++ b/tooling/cli/tauri-dev-watcher.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules/
 target/
+gen/
 Cargo.lock