Refine minitoc entries in TeX.gitignore

[AlexP-Coding]

Updated minitoc patterns to include versioning. TeX.gitignore now ignores both numbered and non-numbered minitoc files.

The changes were made to include:

1. Numbered .maf, .mlf, .mlt, and .mtc files;
2. Non-numbered .slf, .slt, and .stc files.

Reasons for making this change

I was working on my thesis in LaTex (I moved it from Overleaf to VSCode + LaTeXWorkshop to prevent network issues) and noticed that over 10 of the minidoc types its build produced were still being committed rather than ignored. When I investigated, I realized that the glob patterns weren't matching with files:

1. Ending in numbers (e.g.: it matched with main.maf but not main.maf1) in some cases;
2. And files that did not end in numbers (e.g.: it matched with main.mtc 1 through 8, like main.mtc2, but not with main.mtc).

As my build produces a large number of minitoc files, some of them already part of the thesis template I was supplied and which I am thus reluctant to change, I think it would be valuable for the community to edit these patterns to match more usefull-to-ignore files.

Links to documentation supporting these rule changes

• The template mentioned
• Testing the glob pattern done on Glob Tool:

If this is a new template

N/A

Merge and Approval Steps

• [x] Confirm that you've read the contribution guidelines and ensured your PR aligns
• [x] Ensure CI is passing
• [ ] Get a review and Approval from one of the maintainers

[doriangurazdowski0-prog]

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Dorian Gurazdowski - Chat @ Spike [3dlr8t]

On November 12, 2025 at 16:18 GMT, Alex P @.***> wrote:

Updated minitoc patterns to include versioning. TeX.gitignore now ignores both numbered and non-numbered minitoc files.

The changes were made to include:

• Numbered .maf, .mlf, .mlt, and .mtc files;
• Non-numbered .slf, .slt, and .stc files.

Reasons for making this change

I was working on my thesis in LaTex (I moved it from Overleaf to VSCode + LaTeXWorkshop to prevent network issues) and noticed that over 10 of the minidoc types its build produced were still being committed rather than ignored. When I investigated, I realized that the glob patterns weren't matching with files:

• Ending in numbers (e.g.: it matched with main.maf but not main.maf1) in some cases;
• And files that did not end in numbers (e.g.: it matched with main.mtc 1 through 8, like main.mtc2, but not with main.mtc).

As my build produces a large number of minitoc files, some of them already part of the thesis template I was supplied and which I am thus reluctant to change, I think it would be valuable for the community to edit these patterns to match more usefull-to-ignore files.

Links to documentation supporting these rule changes

• The template mentioned
• Testing the glob pattern done on Glob Tool: image.png (view on web)

If this is a new template

N/A

Merge and Approval Steps

• Confirm that you've read the contribution guidelines and ensured your PR aligns
• Ensure CI is passing
• Get a review and Approval from one of the maintainers

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You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at:

https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/4754

Commit Summary

• cf6e0a5 Refine minitoc entries in TeX.gitignore

File Changes

(1 file)

• M TeX.gitignore (14)

Patch Links:

• https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/4754.patch
• https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/4754.diff

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[AlexP-Coding]

@wirecat Are you able to review, as you seem to be the dev most up-to-date on this file's contents? Regardless of the answer: thank you for your time.