Say where a repository's own .gitignore and .editorconfig entries go (closes #103)
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The canonical `.gitignore` had no place for a repository's own build outputs, and nothing said a repository's own `.editorconfig` sections survive a re-vendor, so re-vendoring dropped them: a Go repository lost `/bin/`, `*.test` and `*.out`, and its tabs for Go files.

`.gitignore` now ends with a section, like `.dockerignore`'s header, where a repository adds its own build outputs (a root binary written `/myapp`) and its own environment-template negations, which a re-vendor keeps. `.editorconfig` gains `[*.go]` with tabs and the same kind of closing note. `prompts/REPO_POLICIES.md`, both checklists and the Go styleguide say these two files are the canonical content followed by the repository's own entries. Closes #104 too.

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---
title: Repository Policies
last_modified: 2026-10-04
last_modified: 2026-10-06
---
This document covers repository structure, tooling, and workflow standards. Code
@@ -387,9 +387,12 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
- `.gitignore` should be comprehensive from the start: OS files (`.DS_Store`),
editor files (`.swp`, `*~`), in-repo agent scratch directories (`.claude/`),
language build artifacts, and `node_modules/`. Fetch the standard `.gitignore`
from `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.gitignore` when
setting up a new repo. These patterns are written to `.gitignore`'s own
`node_modules/`, and the repo's own build outputs. Fetch the standard
`.gitignore` from
`https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.gitignore` when setting up
a new repo. A repo's `.gitignore` is the standard file followed by the repo's
own entries, such as its binaries; a re-vendor replaces the standard part and
keeps those entries. These patterns are written to `.gitignore`'s own
semantics, in which an unanchored pattern already matches at every depth; they
are not a `.dockerignore` and must not be transplanted into one unmodified.
@@ -641,7 +644,11 @@ style conventions are in separate documents:
Never edit existing migrations after release.
- All repos should have an `.editorconfig` enforcing the project's indentation
settings.
settings: the standard file from
`https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.editorconfig`, which sets
tabs for `Makefile` and Go files, followed by the repo's own sections, such as
one for another language it uses. A re-vendor replaces the standard part and
keeps those sections.
- Avoid putting files in the repo root unless necessary. Root should contain
only project-level config files (`README.md`, `AGENTS.md`, `Makefile`,