diff --git a/.beads/.gitignore b/.beads/.gitignore
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--- a/.beads/.gitignore
+++ b/.beads/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Tracker data exports. Dolt (dolt.srht.bigb.es/~bigbes/sourcehut-root) is the sync
+# layer for issues and their audit trail — carrying a second copy in git only
+# adds churn and merge conflicts. Config stays tracked; data does not.
+interactions.jsonl
+issues.jsonl
+
 # Dolt database (managed by Dolt, not git)
 dolt/
 embeddeddolt/
diff --git a/.beads/interactions.jsonl b/.beads/interactions.jsonl
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