From ae2eb1fac0c7d98223f56a0ade78ae39a869cb84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Reichard <evan@reichard.io>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 18:22:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add .gitignore to backend directory

Exclude build artifacts and runtime data from version control:
- server binary
- data directory
- Go-related build artifacts
- IDE-specific files
---
 backend/.gitignore | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 backend/.gitignore

diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dee80d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Binaries
+server
+
+# Data directory
+data/
+
+# Go
+*.exe
+*.exe~
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.dylib
+go.work
+go.work.sum
+
+# Test binary, built with `go test -c`
+*.test
+
+# Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
+*.out
+
+# Dependency directories
+vendor/
+
+# Go workspace file
+go.work
+go.work.sum
+
+# IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~