From 87dd2bde0a8efe68aac18ea5c82f1ac48aa970c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ChristopherDedominici
 <18092467+ChristopherDedominici@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:57:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add gitignore rules

---
 .../hardhat-3/01-node-test-runner-viem/gitignore      | 11 +++++++++++
 .../templates/hardhat-3/02-mocha-ethers/gitignore     | 11 +++++++++++
 .../hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/03-minimal/gitignore  | 11 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/01-node-test-runner-viem/gitignore b/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/01-node-test-runner-viem/gitignore
index 991a319eb0b..8a0137f2762 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/01-node-test-runner-viem/gitignore
+++ b/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/01-node-test-runner-viem/gitignore
@@ -16,5 +16,16 @@
 # Typechain output
 /types
 
+# Environment files
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
+
 # Hardhat coverage reports
 /coverage
+
+# Gas snapshot files
+/.gas-snapshot
+
+# Snapshot cheatcodes output
+/snapshots
diff --git a/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/02-mocha-ethers/gitignore b/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/02-mocha-ethers/gitignore
index 991a319eb0b..8a0137f2762 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/02-mocha-ethers/gitignore
+++ b/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/02-mocha-ethers/gitignore
@@ -16,5 +16,16 @@
 # Typechain output
 /types
 
+# Environment files
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
+
 # Hardhat coverage reports
 /coverage
+
+# Gas snapshot files
+/.gas-snapshot
+
+# Snapshot cheatcodes output
+/snapshots
diff --git a/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/03-minimal/gitignore b/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/03-minimal/gitignore
index 991a319eb0b..8a0137f2762 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/03-minimal/gitignore
+++ b/packages/hardhat/templates/hardhat-3/03-minimal/gitignore
@@ -16,5 +16,16 @@
 # Typechain output
 /types
 
+# Environment files
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
+
 # Hardhat coverage reports
 /coverage
+
+# Gas snapshot files
+/.gas-snapshot
+
+# Snapshot cheatcodes output
+/snapshots

From f74cec9451958b85c9702ef77ee7eb6d963cd84b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Dedominici
 <18092467+ChristopherDedominici@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:59:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Create moody-monkeys-jump.md

---
 .changeset/moody-monkeys-jump.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/moody-monkeys-jump.md

diff --git a/.changeset/moody-monkeys-jump.md b/.changeset/moody-monkeys-jump.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e54df17b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/moody-monkeys-jump.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"hardhat": patch
+"template-node-test-runner-viem": patch
+"template-mocha-ethers": patch
+"template-minimal": patch
+---
+
+Update `.gitignore` files in the sample projects to ignore snapshots and env files.

From 32884c6b6ad2df886919710de48b4b966fd6ae61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Dedominici
 <18092467+ChristopherDedominici@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:14:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Apply suggestion from @alcuadrado

Co-authored-by: Patricio Palladino <email@patriciopalladino.com>
---
 .changeset/moody-monkeys-jump.md | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.changeset/moody-monkeys-jump.md b/.changeset/moody-monkeys-jump.md
index 2e54df17b07..8ae02861c22 100644
--- a/.changeset/moody-monkeys-jump.md
+++ b/.changeset/moody-monkeys-jump.md
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 ---
 "hardhat": patch
-"template-node-test-runner-viem": patch
-"template-mocha-ethers": patch
-"template-minimal": patch
 ---
 
 Update `.gitignore` files in the sample projects to ignore snapshots and env files.