From b4c3fcd1cc6ba285760e647cfe44ae870a806df0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jakirkham <jakirkham@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 19:08:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Track feedstock changes in `.github`

---
 conda_smithy/feedstock_content/.gitignore |  1 +
 news/track_feedstock_github_dir.rst       | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 news/track_feedstock_github_dir.rst

diff --git a/conda_smithy/feedstock_content/.gitignore b/conda_smithy/feedstock_content/.gitignore
index 62bf05906..b85ea45be 100644
--- a/conda_smithy/feedstock_content/.gitignore
+++ b/conda_smithy/feedstock_content/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # Don't ignore any files/folders recursively in the following folders
 !/recipe/**
 !/.ci_support/**
+!/.github/**
 
 # Since we ignore files/folders recursively, any folders inside
 # build_artifacts gets ignored which trips some build systems.
diff --git a/news/track_feedstock_github_dir.rst b/news/track_feedstock_github_dir.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7070a4045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/track_feedstock_github_dir.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* Track changes in feedstock's ``.github`` directory ( #1821 )
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
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