add boilerplate sections

Author: HGWright

MANIFEST.in

@@ -34,10 +34,24 @@ recursive-include requirements *.txt
 #---------
 # SECTION: root files
 exclude .flake8
+exclude .git-blame-ignore-revs
+exclude .git_archival.txt
+exclude .gitattributes
 exclude .gitignore
+exclude .lycheeignore
+exclude .mailmap
 exclude .pre-commit-config.yaml
+exclude .readthedocs.yml
+exclude .ruff.toml
+exclude CHANGES
 include CITATION.cff
+exclude CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+include COPYING
+include COPYING.LESSER
 include LICENSE
+exclude Makefile
+exclude codecov.yml
+include noxfile.py
     # principles:
     #    - *ANY* file in the root should be explicitly "include"- or "exclude"-d
     #         - EXCEPT (possibly) those covered by setuptools default rules (see above link)
@@ -52,9 +66,13 @@ include LICENSE
 # SECTION: generic exclusions
 # (1) top-level directories to omit entirely
 prune .github
+prune .nox
+prune .tox
+prune .coverage
 # (2) top-level files to omit
 exclude Dockerfile
 exclude codecov.yml
+exclude .coveragerc
 exclude index.ipynb
 exclude summary.png
 # (3) file types (path patterns) to skip everywhere