From b4b47efe2332134e9938e7bc2b1d9bd1b1750737 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cliff Hill <xlorep@darkhelm.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 15:57:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] More fixes.

Signed-off-by: Cliff Hill <xlorep@darkhelm.org>
---
 .env.example       | 3 +++
 .gitignore         | 4 +++-
 backend/.gitignore | 3 ---
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 8441c390..3d5ec534 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# .env.example - contains basic environment variable configurations.
+# Copy this file to .env and fill in the actual values before running the application.
+# Do not commit the .env file to version control as it may contain sensitive information.
 
 # =============================
 # Backend Database Configuration
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69ad2946..883c33d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .python-version
-__pycache__/
+**/__pycache__/
+
+**/.env
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index f2a1ccb1..cc4585c5 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,3 @@
 /dist/
 /docs/_build/
 /src/*.egg-info/
-__pycache__/
-
-.env