diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f5ea313..3ef9486 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ coverage/
 .vs/
 bin/
 obj/
-data/
-!backend/src/features/*/data/*.ts
+# Only ignore a root-level legacy .NET data directory; do not ignore feature data/ code
+/data/
 MotoVaultPro.csproj.user
 Properties/launchSettings.json