diff --git a/backend/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/.editorconfig
rename to .editorconfig
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9451024..ee4128a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,27 @@
-node_modules/
-dist/
+# OS
 .DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Editors
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+*.bak
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+*.sublime-*
+
+# Node
+node_modules/
+
+# Environment / secrets
+.env
+.env.*
+*.pem
+*.key
+
+# Build output
+dist/
+
+# Logs
 *.log
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 587c805..2545dc2 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ files, so merging it also closes most compliance gaps.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-08-09: dotfile compliance — lifted `backend/.editorconfig` to the repo
+  root so `root = true` covers the frontend too, and replaced `.gitignore` with
+  the org model (OS, editor, node, and environment/secrets sections) plus this
+  repo's `dist/` and `*.log`. `.env`, `.env.*`, `*.pem`, and `*.key` are now
+  ignored repo-wide, not just under `backend/`. Excluding `.git` from
+  `.dockerignore` stays deferred: both images read git metadata at build time
+  (`COPY .git` in `Dockerfile.backend`, `git rev-parse` in `vite.config.js`)
 - 2026-07-07 Adopted scripts-to-rule-them-all: `script/` entrypoints, Makefile
   shims, README Entrypoints section
 - 2026-02-27: backend with buffered zstd-compressed report storage; CI workflow