[dcavalcante]

Problem

create-react-native-library generates the example app with @react-native-community/cli, react-native-test-app or create-expo-app, then removes the generated .gitignore. That loses the app-specific rules for generated local artifacts, such as .xcode.env and *.xcworkspace/ for the test app.

Fix

Keep the generated .gitignore for all example types. For Expo examples of native libraries, append the android/ and ios/ rules instead of overwriting the file, so the Expo rules stay. Older Expo SDK templates (e.g. SDK 52) don't ignore the native folders, so the rules are still needed.

Validation

• Generated the test-app from the pre-change and current code. Only the current output retains example/.gitignore.
• Verified the retained file includes .xcode.env and *.xcworkspace/ rules.
• Ran ESLint, TypeScript build, and git diff --check.

[dcavalcante]

Updated to preserve react-native-test-app’s generated .gitignore instead of adding its rules to the shared template. Verified pre-change has no example/.gitignore; this change preserves the test-app rules, including .xcode.env and *.xcworkspace/

[dcavalcante]

hey @satya164 I updated this to preserve the test app’s generated .gitignore as suggested. The old CI runs are still marked failed, but their logs/jobs have expired. When you have a chance, can you please take another look and rerun the checks?

[satya164]

thank you