diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0747245..5372352 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@ gfpgan/
 
 # Qwen ControlNet experiment outputs (throwaway eval; never the committed corpus)
 scripts/_qwen_exp_out/
+
+# Local-only working data for analysis (not a committed corpus; never tracked)
+data/spaces/