diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d277df6..5eb4e8ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,9 +21,4 @@ hs_err_pid*
 *.iml
 
 rat.txt
-target/
-wso2*/scripts
-
-notes.txt
 **/files/*
-!**/files/init.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dockerfiles/apim-analytics/files/.gitkeep b/dockerfiles/apim-analytics/files/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/dockerfiles/apim/files/.gitkeep b/dockerfiles/apim/files/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b