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 # typescript
 A collection of lint, format, and build configs used at Fauna for TypeScript projects.
+
+## Included configs (`./config/`)
+- `eslint.config.js`, a minimal placeholder eslint config.
+- `.gitignore`, a minimal placeholder .gitignore file.
diff --git a/config/.gitignore b/config/.gitignore
deleted file mode 120000
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--- a/config/.gitignore
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/.gitignore b/config/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE AT $PROJECT_ROOT/.gitignore
+# instead, edit it at $PROJECT_ROOT/config/.gitignore
+# the project's build step copies it from /config
+
+node_modules
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "build": "cp ./config/.gitignore .gitignore",
     "bump": "node ./scripts/version-bump.js"
   },
   "files": [