diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa06dbc..66e7c65 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -179,3 +179,6 @@ cython_debug/
 .evidence/
 *.token
 bootstrap/
+
+# repo-manager local index (other estate repos gitignore this too)
+.repo-manager/