fix: add exceptions for root-level dotfiles in gitignore and github_integration to BASE_DATA

Author: kpatryk

.gitignore

@@ -163,7 +163,10 @@ cython_debug/
 
 # All files starting with .
 .*
-# Exception: Include GitHub issue templates and workflows (Copier template to be copied to projects)
+# Exceptions: Include root-level dotfiles that are part of the template
+!.gitattributes
+!.gitignore
+!.pre-commit-config.yaml
 !.github/
 !.github/workflows/
 !.github/workflows/**

my_tests/conftest.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "author_email": "test@test.com",
     "production_deps": ["requests"],
     "dev_deps": ["pytest", "pytest-cov"],
+    "github_integration": True,
 }