From 5f73d2db31b73feaeeb944c9cbd4d9956e442285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ciregenz <ciregenz@berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:31:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [eric] hygiene: ignore the dictation runtime artifacts
 (whisper model dir + first-use marker)

---
 .gitignore | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dd6b98c0..135c8561 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -81,3 +81,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 ehthumbs.db
 desktop.ini
 frontend/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
+
+# dictation runtime artifacts (model download + first-use marker), never shipped via git
+electron/whisper/
+electron/dictation-used