From 4c4ce00df22ce1bf56d226676789e1f52afbc7d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yakov Till <yakov.till@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:57:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Maintenance: Standardize .gitignore to whitelist strategy

---
 .gitignore | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2749c0b621324..c6f8742c10838 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
-# makepkg build artifacts
-pkg/
-src/
-*.pkg.tar.zst
-*.pkg.tar.zst.sig
-*.tgz
-*.tar.xz
-*.tar.gz
+# Ignore everything by default
+*
 
-# Common build files
-*.log
-*.swp
-*.swo
-*~
+# Whitelist the essentials
+!.gitignore
+!.SRCINFO
+!PKGBUILD
 
-# IDE files
-.vscode/
-.idea/
+# Whitelist auxiliary files
+!*.install
+!*.patch
+!*.diff
+!*.service
+!*.desktop
+!*.conf
+!*.png
+!*.svg
+!*.sysusers
+!*.tmpfiles
+!LICENSE
+!README.md
+!CHANGELOG.md
+!*.ini
+!*.txt