# ignore node_modules, build artifacts, git metadata
**/node_modules
frontend/dist
backend/node_modules
.git
.vscode
.idea
.env
npm-debug.log*
yarn-debug.log*
pnpm-debug.log*
Dockerfile*
docker-compose*.yml

# Do NOT include runtime backend data in the build context
backend/data/
backend/data/**

# keep local dev artifacts out
.DS_Store
Thumbs.db