# ─── Secrets — NEVER commit these ───────────────────────────────────────────
# Copy .env.example to .env and fill in real values locally.
# The .env file must never be committed; it contains credentials that, once
# in git history, cannot be fully removed without a full history rewrite.
.env
.env.*
!.env.example

# ─── Python ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
__pycache__/
*.py[cod]
*.pyo
*.pyd
*.so
*.egg
*.egg-info/
dist/
build/
.eggs/
pip-wheel-metadata/

# ─── Virtual environments ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
venv/
.venv/
env/
ENV/

# ─── Flask / application runtime ─────────────────────────────────────────────
instance/
*.db
*.sqlite
*.sqlite3

# ─── Uploaded files (user content — not source code) ─────────────────────────
app/static/uploads/

# ─── Logs ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
logs/
*.log

# ─── OS / editor artefacts ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
.DS_Store
Thumbs.db
.idea/
.vscode/
*.swp
*.swo
*~

# ─── pytest / coverage ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
.pytest_cache/
.coverage
htmlcov/