diff --git a/starting/spring-jpa/src/main/java/.gitignore b/starting/spring-jpa/src/main/java/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83c05e60c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starting/spring-jpa/src/main/java/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*.class
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/starting/spring-jpa/src/test/java/.gitignore b/starting/spring-jpa/src/test/java/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83c05e60c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starting/spring-jpa/src/test/java/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*.class
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
\ No newline at end of file