From 5bba4eb80652f8e8f9a448919ebbe4a1ba37e75d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ronnie Dutta <61982285+MetRonnie@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:44:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make `config.ignore` filename list case-insensitive & add
 more automatically ignored filenames

---
 docs/configuration.rst    | 4 ++--
 src/towncrier/_builder.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 562ec51c..955f62e2 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ Top level keys
     ``true`` by default.
 
 ``ignore``
-    A list of filenames in the news fragments directory to ignore.
+    A case-insensitive list of filenames in the news fragments directory to ignore.
 
     ``towncrier check`` will fail if there are any news fragment files that have invalid filenames, except for those in the list. ``towncrier build`` will likewise fail, but only if this list has been configured (set to an empty list if there are no files to ignore).
 
-    Note that if a custom template is stored in the news fragment directory, you should add it to this list.
+    Some filenames such as ``.gitignore`` and ``README`` are automatically ignored. However, if a custom template is stored in the news fragment directory, you should add it to this list.
 
     ``None`` by default.
 
diff --git a/src/towncrier/_builder.py b/src/towncrier/_builder.py
index 6ad8f2e6..b883cea2 100644
--- a/src/towncrier/_builder.py
+++ b/src/towncrier/_builder.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def find_fragments(
 
     If strict, raise ClickException if any fragments have an invalid name.
     """
-    ignored_files = {".gitignore"}
+    ignored_files = {".gitignore", ".keep", "readme", "readme.md", "readme.rst"}
     if config.ignore:
         ignored_files.update(config.ignore)
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def find_fragments(
         file_content = {}
 
         for basename in files:
-            if basename in ignored_files:
+            if basename.lower() in ignored_files:
                 continue
 
             issue, category, counter = parse_newfragment_basename(