diff --git a/template/.gitignore b/template/.gitignore
index 63bd79f..9414d95 100644
--- a/template/.gitignore
+++ b/template/.gitignore
@@ -26,40 +26,12 @@ venv
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 
-# Python packaging and distribution
-.Python
-build/
-develop-eggs/
-dist/
-downloads/
-eggs/
-.eggs/
-lib/
-lib64/
-parts/
-sdist/
-var/
-wheels/
-share/python-wheels/
-*.egg-info/
-.installed.cfg
-*.egg
-MANIFEST
-
-# Python testing and code coverage
-htmlcov/
-.tox/
-.nox/
-.coverage
-.coverage.*
-.cache
-nosetests.xml
-coverage.xml
-*.cover
-*.py,cover
-.hypothesis/
-.pytest_cache/
-cover/
+# Raw data files and folders
+*.parquet
+*.csv
+/data-raw/
+/raw/
+/data/
 
 # MacOS
 .DS_Store
@@ -71,16 +43,11 @@ docs/.quarto/
 *.quarto_ipynb
 *.storage
 
-# Quartodoc
-/docs/reference/
-objects.json
-
 # Website generation
 _site
 _book
 public
 site
 
-
 # Misc files
 *.log