diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 26c5240..09b1955 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-.cursor
+.env
+.vars
+data
+config.yaml
 *.sql
diff --git a/update_child_repos.sh b/update_child_repos.sh
index 6d120b4..a11984b 100755
--- a/update_child_repos.sh
+++ b/update_child_repos.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ is_file_changed() {
   return 1
 }
 
-FILES_TO_UPDATE="${FILES_TO_UPDATE:-config.yaml.example
+FILES_TO_UPDATE="${FILES_TO_UPDATE:-.dockerignore
+.gitignore
+config.yaml.example
 deploy.sh
 initialize.sh
 dockerfile