diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9db8c3e90..819fe424a1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ pig_property_file
 
 packages.tar
 
+# Ignore the data files
+data
 test/data
+examples/data
 
 Vagrantfile
 
@@ -23,7 +26,6 @@ Vagrantfile
 *.rej
 *.orig
 
-
 # Created by https://www.gitignore.io
 
 ### Python ###