From a088e1bea6cfbaa88a234aea421f73d37bc171c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xiwei Pan <xiwei.pan@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:18:34 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore generated research artifacts

---
 .gitignore | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4aa2a2e..6b744f9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,5 +7,23 @@
 /docs/
 /examples/
 
-# Regenerable benchmark data — reproduce with benchmarks/gen_factoring.py.
+# Regenerable benchmark datasets and run artifacts.
 /benchmarks/data/
+
+# Local research and experiment state.
+/.knowledge/
+/experiments/
+
+# Python caches.
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+
+# LaTeX build products.
+*.aux
+*.bbl
+*.blg
+*.fdb_latexmk
+*.fls
+*.log
+*.out
+*.synctex.gz