# Ignore IntelliJ IDEA project-specific files
.idea/
*.iml
*.iws

# Ignore OS generated files
.DS_Store
.DS_Store?
Thumbs.db
ehthumbs.db
Desktop.ini

# Ignore temporary files
*.tmp
*.swp
*.swo
*.bak
*.orig

# Ignore hidden system files
.*.s[a-v][a-z]
.*un~
$RECYCLE.BIN/

# Ignore logs and runtime files
*.log
*.pid
*.seed
*.gz

# Ignore clutter generated by markdown previews/editors
*.markdown-tmp
.markdown-cache/

# Ignore common backup files
*.~*
*.save
*~

# Ignore unnecessary files for compressed formats (if extracting archives is needed)
*.zip
*.tar
*.tar.gz
*.rar

# Ignore image editor temp files (if images are modified)
*.xcf~
*.psd~

# Ignore binary thumbnails or preview files (if editors generate them)
*.thumbs

# Ignore files specific to versioning history outside Git
*.orig

# Include images, documents, and markdown explicitly (so they're not accidentally excluded)
!*.md
!*.markdown
!*.png
!*.jpg
!*.jpeg
!*.gif
!*.pdf
!*.doc
!*.docx
!*.ppt
!*.pptx
!*.xls
!*.xlsx
!*.odt

# Ensure backup or runtime-related folders are ignored (user-configurable)
backup/
temp/
generated/