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+# Banned-language exemption ledger — hypatia / governance-reusable.yml
+#
+# Format: <rule_module>/<rule_type>:<path>
+#
+# WHY THIS FILE EXISTS
+# --------------------
+# The governance "Language / package anti-pattern policy" gate is correct:
+# these files really are in languages estate policy bans. The gate's own
+# failure message names this file as the sanctioned way to declare an
+# intentional exception.
+#
+# These exemptions HOLD THE LINE WHILE MIGRATION IS IN PROGRESS. Each entry
+# is removed as the matching file is ported or deleted. This follows the
+# precedent set in hyperpolymath/echidna.
+#
+# EVERY PATH IS LISTED INDIVIDUALLY — deliberately. A `src/**` wildcard would
+# silently absorb NEW banned files added later, turning a migration ledger into
+# a permanent blind spot. Listing each path means a newly added file still
+# fails the gate: this ledger can only shrink as work is done, never quietly
+# grow.
+#
+# Inventory taken 2026-08-06 across all 424 estate repositories.
+# Files covered: 43 rescript
+
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:examples/example-config.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/BuildUserscripts.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/PublishGreasyfork.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/docs/examples/regreaseproject/src/Build.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/docs/examples/regreaseproject/src/Main.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/A11yOverlay.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/AibdpChecker.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/Build.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/BuildUserscripts.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/DarkMode.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/GitlabEnhanced.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/GrimCIValidator.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/GrimCore.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/GrimGreaser.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/GrimLicenseChecker.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/GrimPager.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/GrimSecurityScanner.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/GrimTemplateEngine.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/PublishGreasyfork.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/build-userscripts.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/lib/ocaml/publish-greasyfork.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/core/GrimCore.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/scripts/a11y/A11yOverlay.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/scripts/aibdp/AibdpChecker.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/scripts/ci/GrimCIValidator.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/scripts/code/GitlabEnhanced.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/scripts/content/DarkMode.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/scripts/greaser/Build.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/scripts/greaser/GrimGreaser.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/scripts/license/GrimLicenseChecker.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/scripts/pager/GrimPager.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/scripts/security/GrimSecurityScanner.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/src/scripts/template/GrimTemplateEngine.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:src/Audit.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:src/Bootstrap.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:src/Community.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:src/GrimRepo.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:src/GrimRepoTypes.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:src/Utils.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:test/Audit_test.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:test/Bootstrap_test.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:test/Community_test.res
+cicd_rules/banned_language_file:test/RunAllTests.res