From 56adb847b85d23dde1dbe031bf0b6bf0e13cff23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yakov Till <yakov.till@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:57:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Maintenance: Standardize .gitignore to whitelist strategy

---
 .gitignore | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 602f17de4707..c6f8742c1083 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
-/src
-/pkg
-/npm-cache
-*.tar.gz
-*.pkg.tar.*
-*.tgz
-*.code-workspace
+# Ignore everything by default
+*
+
+# Whitelist the essentials
+!.gitignore
+!.SRCINFO
+!PKGBUILD
+
+# Whitelist auxiliary files
+!*.install
+!*.patch
+!*.diff
+!*.service
+!*.desktop
+!*.conf
+!*.png
+!*.svg
+!*.sysusers
+!*.tmpfiles
+!LICENSE
+!README.md
+!CHANGELOG.md
+!*.ini
+!*.txt