diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03567532..c23b47ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ nbdist/
 *.log.gz
 *.xml.versionsBackup
 *.swp
+data/
 
 !*/build/*.java
 !*/build/*.html