Feature Request: Snapcraft should ship gitignore when running `snapcraft init`
Metadata
Current evaluation
Feature request from 7.7 years ago asking snapcraft init to auto-create a .gitignore file using the community Snap.gitignore template. Zero comments, no labels, no maintainer interaction. The init command still exists but the project has been fully restructured since filing.
Suggested action: close stale
Reason: The issue is 2810 days (~7.7 years) old with zero comments, no labels, and no maintainer engagement. It predates the current craft-application-based architecture of snapcraft, so the original implementation context is no longer relevant. The feature request itself is trivial (add a gitignore template to init scaffolding) but the issue as filed is a historical artifact.
Impact:
15
Quick Win:
12.75
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
10
Issue body
Here's a template: https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/community/Linux/Snap.gitignore
This saves the effort to copy-and-paste.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
15
Quick Win:
12.75
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Feature request from 7.7 years ago asking snapcraft init to auto-create a .gitignore file using the community Snap.gitignore template. Zero comments, no labels, no maintainer interaction. The init command still exists but the project has been fully restructured since filing. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Feature request to include a standard Snap.gitignore template in snapcraft init output. Unaddressed and inactive for over seven years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Feature request to include a pre-made .gitignore in snapcraft init. No maintainer response or activity in over 7 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Feature request to include a Snapcraft-specific .gitignore template in snapcraft init. Issue is completely inactive with no maintainer response or comments. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
100
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
0
|
close stale | Feature request to include a pre-made Snapcraft .gitignore template in snapcraft init output. Issue is completely inactive for over 7 years with no maintainer response or labels. |
Update history
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1793471 snapcraft trggers unnecessary pulls from unrelated file modifications | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Feature request to add .snapignore support so IDE and .git changes stop marking snapcraft stages stale and triggering unnecessary re-pulls/rebuilds. Open since 2018 with label 18.10-build-caching, zero comments, no maintainer engagement for ~8 years. |