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+# VWP app-modernization heavy / regenerable binaries — kept local, not pushed to Gitea
+# Source code text files DO get committed; this is just the bulk binary/data stuff.
+
+# VM disk images (Darv's dev VM + XP runtime VMs)
+app-modernization/**/*.vdi
+app-modernization/**/*.vhdx
+app-modernization/**/*.vmdk
+app-modernization/**/*.ova
+app-modernization/**/*.vbox
+
+# Access databases (live VWP.mdb + historical backups)
+app-modernization/**/*.mdb
+app-modernization/**/*.accdb
+app-modernization/**/*.mde
+app-modernization/**/*.accde
+
+# Raw WizTree exports (regenerable; per-drive analysis CSVs in source-analysis/ are committed)
+app-modernization/WizTree_*.csv