diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a390bdc87313904942dd17a417af2b96da4041b1..6c339a87db974c69ebb8901b0aca4871f3464728 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ examples/*.xmf
 examples/used_parameters.yml
 examples/energy.txt
 examples/*/*.xmf
-examples/*/*.dat
 examples/*/*.hdf5
+examples/*/*.txt
 examples/*/used_parameters.yml
-examples/*/energy.txt
+examples/*/*/*.xmf
+examples/*/*/*.hdf5
+examples/*/*/*.txt
+examples/*/*/used_parameters.yml
 
 tests/testPair
 tests/brute_force_standard.dat
diff --git a/examples/IsothermalPotential/GravityOnly/readme.txt b/examples/IsothermalPotential/GravityOnly/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 90fb1872aa2301cab133b8a20a8cd8de724d4553..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/IsothermalPotential/GravityOnly/readme.txt
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-;
-; this probelm generates a set of gravity particles in an isothermal
-; potential and follows their orbits. Tests verify consdevation of
-; energy and angular momentum
-;
-;