From f170d4675ebe48bc4bf3c6c8e2e5377c8a42aa79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bronek Kozicki <823856+Bronek@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:45:11 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add .build to .gitignore (#4722)

Currently, the `BUILD.md` instructions suggest using `.build` as the
build directory, so this change helps to reduce confusion.

An alternative would be to instruct developers to add `/.build/` to
`.git/info/exclude` or to user-level `.gitignore` (although the latter
is very intrusive). However, it is being added here because it is a good
practice to have a sensible default that's consistent with the build
instructions.
---
 .gitignore | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 29af1d311..585a69efb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -122,3 +122,7 @@ CMakeUserPresets.json
 bld.rippled/
 
 generated
+.vscode
+
+# Suggested in-tree build directory
+/.build/