diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba4cc6f..b760a93 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ ingest_raw/
 rarw*.txt
 inertia.txt
 *.xlsx
+# live-site MariaDB dumps for 3D-store/editor data work — full site export, carries customer/
+# order PII. Local-only; another lane consumes it for robotmonster.party/store racks + editor.
+site-update.sql
+*-dump.sql