diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff07c5a5..5d1ed3ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@
 /r-package/.Rhistory
 /prep_data/.Rhistory
 /data-raw/
-/data_prep/data
-/data_prep/data-raw
-/data_prep/_targets
-/data_prep/_targets/meta
+/data_prep/data$
+/data_prep/data-raw$
+/data_prep/_targets$
 
 inst/doc
 Meta