diff --git a/examples/with-postgres/.env.local.example b/examples/with-postgres/.env.local.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 315771b6e61a6..0000000000000
--- a/examples/with-postgres/.env.local.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@host/user/database?ssl=false
diff --git a/examples/with-postgres/.gitignore b/examples/with-postgres/.gitignore
index fd3dbb571a12a..5ef6a52078020 100644
--- a/examples/with-postgres/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/with-postgres/.gitignore
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
 # dependencies
 /node_modules
 /.pnp
-.pnp.js
-.yarn/install-state.gz
+.pnp.*
+.yarn/*
+!.yarn/patches
+!.yarn/plugins
+!.yarn/releases
+!.yarn/versions
 
 # testing
 /coverage
@@ -24,9 +28,10 @@
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
+.pnpm-debug.log*
 
-# local env files
-.env*.local
+# env files (can opt-in for committing if needed)
+.env*
 
 # vercel
 .vercel