diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dd23c69..2d1529e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-*.mat
-other/
+other/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..459f62f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file