diff --git a/data/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86d0cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/.gitignore
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+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file