diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 12e42515..e842b341 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ public/uploads/
 nohup.out
 Vagrantfile
 .vagrant
+config/gitlab.yml
+config/database.yml
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml.example
similarity index 100%
rename from config/database.yml
rename to config/database.yml.example
diff --git a/config/gitlab.yml b/config/gitlab.yml.example
similarity index 100%
rename from config/gitlab.yml
rename to config/gitlab.yml.example