feat: support a user level ignore file via globalIgnoreFile#287
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Adds a `globalIgnoreFile` option pointing to a single ignore file owned by the user and applied to every directory pack. Its parsed contents are injected as a new `globalRules` synthetic rule set, placed between `defaultRules` and `package.json` in the precedence chain. A package's local `.npmignore`, and any specific path listed in its `files` array (which feeds `strictRules`), continue to take precedence over the global rules. The file is read once on the root walker and cached on `globalIgnoreRules` so child walkers reuse the parsed content without reopening the file. Bundled dependencies never receive the option, since they ship third party code as is. Includes unit tests for default layering, coexistence with a local `.npmignore`, the package "files" carve out, missing file no op, subdirectory propagation, and bundled dependency isolation.
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🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop* --- ## [11.1.0](v11.0.0...v11.1.0) (2026-05-22) ### Features * [`1369ec3`](1369ec3) [#287](#287) support a user level ignore file via globalIgnoreFile (#287) (@ljharb) ### Chores * [`e1f3d11`](e1f3d11) [#289](#289) bump @npmcli/eslint-config from 6.0.1 to 7.0.0 (#289) (@dependabot[bot]) --- This PR was generated with [Release Please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please). See [documentation](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please#release-please). Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Adds a
globalIgnoreFileoption pointing to a single ignore file owned by the user and applied to every directory pack. Its parsed contents are injected as a newglobalRulessynthetic rule set, placed betweendefaultRulesandpackage.jsonin the precedence chain. A package's local.npmignore, and any specific path listed in itsfilesarray (which feedsstrictRules), continue to take precedence over the global rules. The file is read once on the root walker and cached onglobalIgnoreRulesso child walkers reuse the parsed content without reopening the file. Bundled dependencies never receive the option, since they ship third party code as is.Includes unit tests for default layering, coexistence with a local
.npmignore, the package "files" carve out, missing file no op, subdirectory propagation, and bundled dependency isolation.Required for npm/cli#9351