Merge branch 'github:main' into patch-1

This change clarifies how Visual Studio Code workspace files can be optionally ignored in python.gitignore while allowing contributors to track shared settings.json if desired.

Agda.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 *.agdai
-**/MAlonzo/**
+MAlonzo/**

C++.gitignore

@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ CMakeFiles/
 CMakeCache.txt
 cmake_install.cmake
 Makefile
-install_manifest.txt
+install_manifest.txt 
 compile_commands.json
 
 # Temporary files
-*.tmp
-*.log
-*.bak
-*.swp
+*.tmp 
+*.log 
+*.bak 
+*.swp 
 
 # vcpkg
 vcpkg_installed/
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ vcpkg_installed/
 
 # test output & cache
 Testing/
-.cache/
+.cache/

Global/macOS.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # General
 .DS_Store
-.localized
 __MACOSX/
 .AppleDouble
 .LSOverride

Lean.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# cache and other artifacts produced by Lean's Lake build tool
-.lake/

Maven.gitignore

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ release.properties
 dependency-reduced-pom.xml
 buildNumber.properties
 .mvn/timing.properties
-# https://maven.apache.org/tools/wrapper/#Usage_with_or_without_Binary_JAR
+# https://maven.apache.org/wrapper/#usage-without-binary-jar
 .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
 
 # Eclipse m2e generated files

Nix.gitignore

@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@ result-*
 
 # Ignore automatically generated direnv output
 .direnv
-
-# Ignore NixOS interactive test driver history
-**/.nixos-test-history

Python.gitignore

@@ -197,9 +197,14 @@ cython_debug/
 # Visual Studio Code
 #   Visual Studio Code specific template is maintained in a separate VisualStudioCode.gitignore 
 #   that can be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/VisualStudioCode.gitignore
-#   and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file. However, if you prefer, 
-#   you could uncomment the following to ignore the entire vscode folder
+#   and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.
+#   1. If you prefer, you could uncomment the following to ignore the entire vscode folder
 # .vscode/
+#
+#   2. If you prefer to track shared VS Code settings, you could uncomment the following lines to
+#   include settings.json while ignoring all other files in the .vscode directory.
+# .vscode/*
+# !.vscode/settings.json
 
 # Ruff stuff:
 .ruff_cache/

TeX.gitignore

@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ acs-*.bib
 # comment
 *.cut
 
-# context
-*.tuc
-*.tui
-*.tuo
-
 # cprotect
 *.cpt