diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index df7b1b1..d1a6960 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,17 @@ obj/
 *.suo
 .vs/
 publish/
+
+# Runtime client data accidentally left when launcher is run from its bin dir
+# (CWD becomes the source tree). These should never be committed.
+src/Metin2Launcher/.updates/
+src/Metin2Launcher/bgm/
+src/Metin2Launcher/config/
+src/Metin2Launcher/mark/
+src/Metin2Launcher/pack/
+src/Metin2Launcher/log/
+src/Metin2Launcher/Metin2.exe
+src/Metin2Launcher/*.dll
+src/Metin2Launcher/*.pyd
+src/Metin2Launcher/python314*
+src/Metin2Launcher/runtime-key.json