diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc870f18afdc2b81f8a7b53261c697bf094bf7e2..efe821cca7f7c789f33e2b6dcbb93a10f0ed7713 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 data\
 data/
+git rm -r --cached data/
+
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class