From 6da94c9ed0872145882f96289ebb14c5e6d9f431 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: l <l>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 11:31:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] permit gitignore changes

---
 src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs b/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs
index 9132a44..d6b78ab 100644
--- a/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs
+++ b/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs
@@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ async fn check_pr_file_changes(
 
     // check each file and error if one is in unexpected place
     for pr_file in pr_files {
+        if pr_file.filename == ".gitignore" {
+            continue // always allow top-level gitignore changes
+        }
         if !directory_matcher.is_match(&pr_file.filename) {
             return Ok(ValidationResult::WrongFiles {
                 expected_files_pattern: directory_description_regex.to_string(),

From 454838c5e43ebec94ba331ea54f48e2a978f75d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: l <l>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 11:34:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fmt

---
 src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs b/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs
index d6b78ab..03f8aa3 100644
--- a/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs
+++ b/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ async fn check_pr_file_changes(
     // check each file and error if one is in unexpected place
     for pr_file in pr_files {
         if pr_file.filename == ".gitignore" {
-            continue // always allow top-level gitignore changes
+            continue; // always allow top-level gitignore changes
         }
         if !directory_matcher.is_match(&pr_file.filename) {
             return Ok(ValidationResult::WrongFiles {