diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9441aa..bad2a79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /web/sites/example.sites.php
 /vendor/
 
+# Ignore local development directory.
+/backups/
+
 # This file will contain just the files of the old site
 d7
 data