From fe986497173d9e1491d6c7288478ee46308abf10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Serge Huber <shuber@apache.org>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 08:32:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Exclude .local-notes from git and RAT

Local stack-extraction notes are developer-only; ignore the directory
and skip RAT so builds are not blocked by unlicensed markdown.
---
 .gitignore | 1 +
 pom.xml    | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 88b5fda8e..789812914 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ rest/.miredot-offline.json
 itests/src/main
 dependency_tree.txt
 .mvn/.develocity/develocity-workspace-id
+/.local-notes/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 25360797d..174e68308 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@
                                 <exclude>**/*.js.map</exclude>
                                 <!-- Exclude dependency tree generated files -->
                                 <exclude>**/dependency_tree.txt</exclude>
+                                <!-- local developer notes (not part of the release) -->
+                                <exclude>**/.local-notes/**</exclude>
                             </excludes>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>