diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c7a6fe5..6902b858 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ Session.vim
 # -[ ] everything should be put under a `.gish/` no?
 gitea/
 gh/
+# NOTE, `gh issue create` writes its local cache under the
+# `<backend>/<repo>/<kind>/<num>.md` path, so the dir is named for
+# the *service* not the CLI.
+github/
 
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 # Finder metadata