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+# Generated live deployment and demo evidence must stay outside source control.
+demo-release/
+deployment/
+screenshots/
+*.log
+*.db
+*.db-wal
+*.db-shm
+*.zip
+*.tar
+*.tar.gz
+
+# Keep this policy file.
+!.gitignore