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

• 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

[doriangurazdowski0-prog]

Ury7yo576o677y6o56956o566o6yyo6y9tyiyy8yu4 [Dorian Gurazdowski - Chat @ Spike](https://spikenow.com/r/a/?ref=spike-organic-signature&_ts=3dlr8t) [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](https://www.overleaf.com/read/rzpyxphnnxbj) - Testing the glob pattern done on [Glob Tool](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/glob?comments=true&glob=%2A.mlt%2A%28%5B0-9%5D%29&matches=false&tests=%2F%2F%20This%20will%20match%20as%20it%20ends%20with%20%27.mlt%27&tests=main.mlt&tests=%2F%2F%20This%20won%27t%20match%21&tests=%2Ftest%2Fsome%2Fglobs&tests=%2F%2F%20This%20will%20match%20as%20it%20ends%20with%20%27mlt%27%20plus%20a%20number&tests=main.mlt2): [image.png (view on web)](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/079f010d-d863-4680-b58e-af340fb836a9) If this is a new template N/A Merge and Approval Steps - Confirm that you've read the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/github/gitignore/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file#contributing-guidelines) and ensured your PR aligns - Ensure CI is passing - Get a review and Approval from one of the maintainers --------------------------------------------------------------- You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at: #4754 Commit Summary - [cf6e0a5](cf6e0a5) Refine minitoc entries in TeX.gitignore File Changes ([1 file](https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/4754/files)) - M [TeX.gitignore](https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/4754/files#diff-4a9a906b082f60e8e51307b321125d3c6c4210e5cf7e565d8b48dc3b3fe9c38f) (14) Patch Links: - https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/4754.patch - https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/4754.diff — Reply to this email directly, [view it on GitHub](#4754), or [unsubscribe](https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BWBQRBKIOT7PVZ75JHKILDD34NMWDAVCNFSM6AAAAACL4YQM2KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZTGYYTOMJVGQ4DOOI). You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[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.