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Note that a nearly identical PR (see#6) was rejected before because users can use a global .gitignore file (see alsobpo-29510 for Eclipse.)

Fair enough, though I think this comment at the end of the PRhere suggests that perhaps that that suggestion should be reconsidered. I see no reason to assume that users have a global.gitignore file configured. That's seem to be just asking for accidental file commits.

Using a global .gitignore file is a best practice. That last comment was about syncing .gitignore with .hgignore.

Best practice but not required. Call me cynical, but I don't expect users to do this (in my case, I was working on a machine other than my own and accidentally committed these changes in another PR).