Defines the contract for classifying .gitignore entries.

Defines the contract for a .gitignore file with its path and entries.

Defines the contract for merging .gitignore entries.

Defines the contract for reading .gitignore files from a storage location.

Defines the contract for writing .gitignore representations to persistent storage.

Classifies .gitignore entries as directory-oriented or file-oriented patterns.

Represents a .gitignore file with its path and entries.

Merges ordered .gitignore rules with canonical defaults before consumer overrides.

Reads .gitignore files and returns domain representations for them.

Renders and persists normalized .gitignore content.