diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da1f14c2a..aaa38aec2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dump*
 src/*/Makefile
 !Makefile.Defines
 src/*/Makefile.Defines
-!.gitignore
+!**/.gitignore
 !*.py
 !*.ipynb
 *ipynb_checkpoints
diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
index 4aceee79f..9b92350e2 100644
--- a/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-*/param.*
-*/simdata/*
-*/*/simdata/*
+**/simdata/*