# .gitignore Optimization Completed ## Changes Made: 1. **Environment Variables**: Expanded to cover all .env.* patterns and added .env.docker exclusion 2. **Sensitive Configuration**: Added patterns for config.json, secrets.json, credentials.json, auth.json 3. **Authentication Files**: Expanded beyond YouTube cookies to include all auth tokens, certificates, and keys 4. **Certificate Files**: Added patterns for .pem, .key, .crt, .p12, .pfx files 5. **API Credentials**: Added patterns for api-keys.json, tokens.json, .secrets 6. **Log Files**: Enhanced log patterns with versioned logs 7. **Temporary Files**: Added temp/, tmp/, *.tmp, *.temp patterns 8. **Build Artifacts**: Added out/, coverage/ directories 9. **Docker Overrides**: Added local docker-compose override files 10. **Backup Files**: Added patterns for .bak, .backup, .old, .orig 11. **Cache Directories**: Added .cache/, .npm/, .yarn/, *.tsbuildinfo ## Security Assessment: ✅ All confidential data patterns covered ✅ Environment variables properly excluded ✅ Authentication tokens and certificates protected ✅ API keys and sensitive configs excluded ✅ Temporary and backup files ignored ✅ Build artifacts and cache properly handled The .gitignore is now fully optimized and secure.