diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83d0b73c7..490309417 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ Thumbs.db
 *.lib
 *.sbr
 obj/
-[Rr]elease*/
+# Build output only. Left unanchored this also matched documentation and tooling
+# directories such as docs/images/releases/ and .claude/skills/release-*/, which
+# were then silently excluded from commits. bin/ and obj/ are already ignored above.
+/[Rr]elease*/
 _ReSharper*/
 [Tt]est[Rr]esult*
 .vs/