✨ enable upstream updates

.gitignore

@@ -1,9 +1,34 @@
+# ============================================================
+# FORK-FRIENDLY GITIGNORE
+# ============================================================
+# This gitignore is designed for the fork-and-customize workflow.
+# - User content (comics, images) IS tracked in git
+# - User config (comics_data.py, variables.css) IS tracked in git
+# - Only generated/temporary files are ignored
+# ============================================================
+
+# IDE and environment
 .idea
 .venv
 
-# This should be generated on deploy
+# Python bytecode
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+
+# macOS
+.DS_Store
+
+# User configuration (use the .example files as templates)
+# Uncomment these lines if you want to gitignore user config:
+# comics_data.py
+# static/css/variables.css
+
+# Environment variables
+.env
+
+# Generated files (regenerated on deploy/publish)
 static/feed.rss
 static/sitemap.xml
-
-# Comic data cache
 data/comics/.comics_cache.pkl