diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5d381cc..9ac9695 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -160,3 +160,8 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 
+# dataset folder and everything in it recursively
+FencersKeyPoints/*
+
+# output folder
+output/*
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