Worked on improving repository hygiene in the grafana/lgtm-otel-demo project by centralizing Gitignore rules to consistently exclude generated protobuf files. This effort involved removing a local override and applying a standardized frontend ignore rule, which helped prevent accidental commits of generated artifacts across different environments. The changes enhanced the reliability of continuous integration workflows and streamlined the developer experience by reducing unnecessary file churn in version control. Leveraged skills in Git and CI/CD processes, focusing on text-based configuration management to ensure maintainable and consistent repository practices. The work addressed a specific bug, contributing to cleaner and more predictable development cycles.