fix: add .pubignore and handle RC dry-run warnings gracefully

Author: Dani-Koza-AF

.github/workflows/rc-release.yml

@@ -406,7 +406,25 @@ jobs:
       - name: 📦 Get dependencies
         run: flutter pub get
       - name: 📝 Validate package (dry-run)
-        run: flutter pub publish --dry-run
+        run: |
+          # Run dry-run and capture output
+          # Exit code 65 = warnings only (acceptable for RC builds since CHANGELOG won't have -rcN suffix)
+          # Exit code 0 = success
+          # Other exit codes = real errors
+          set +e
+          flutter pub publish --dry-run
+          EXIT_CODE=$?
+          set -e
+          
+          if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "✅ Package validation passed with no warnings"
+          elif [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 65 ]; then
+            echo "⚠️ Package validation passed with warnings (expected for RC builds)"
+            echo "Note: CHANGELOG warning for RC version suffix is expected"
+          else
+            echo "❌ Package validation failed with exit code $EXIT_CODE"
+            exit $EXIT_CODE
+          fi
       - name: ℹ️ RC dry-run active — skipping publish
         if: ${{ needs.validate-release.outputs.dry_run == 'true' }}
         run: |

.pubignore

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Files to exclude from pub.dev package
+
+# Development/build files
+covBadgeGen.js
+coverage_badge.svg
+package.json
+package-lock.json
+node_modules/
+local.properties
+.cursor/
+
+# Example app files that shouldn't be in package
+example/.env
+example/.metadata
+example/build/
+example/ios/Podfile.lock
+example/ios/Pods/
+example/ios/Flutter/ephemeral/
+example/android/local.properties
+
+# CI/CD files
+.github/
+.travis.yml
+
+# Internal documentation
+FlutterEngine_and_Android_lifecycle_interaction.txt
+doc/Deep-Link-Callback-Fix-Summary.md
+doc/DeepLink-NewIntent-Fix.md
+