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Draft improvements from user feedback: clarify ignore/sourceRef/monorepo/domain#6408

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Summary

Targeted clarifications on four pages that received "not helpful" contextual feedback in the past week.

Changes

  • /organize/mintignore — Added a note explaining that .mintignore controls processing and publishing, not build triggers: changes to ignored files still cause a preview deployment.
  • /deploy/multi-repo — Explicitly called out that menu entries inside tabs don't accept sourceRef, so the supported list is unambiguous.
  • /deploy/monorepo — Replaced the outdated "Set up as monorepo" toggle step and image alt text with the current "docs.json is in a subdirectory" toggle wording.
  • /api/static-export/start-job — Expanded the domain field description (in the page and OpenAPI spec) to make clear it is the custom domain configured in the dashboard (or the Mintlify subdomain), hostname only, no protocol or path prefix.

Feedback basis

Themes drawn from recent contextual feedback:

  • .mintignore page conflates "excluded from publishing" with "excluded from triggering preview deploys."
  • Multi-repo sourceRef supported-list is exhaustive-looking but doesn't state whether menu is included.
  • Monorepo setup screenshot and steps referenced a UI toggle name that no longer exists.
  • Static export domain parameter didn't specify whether it referred to the custom domain, Mintlify subdomain, or a path.

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Copy and OpenAPI description changes only; no application or runtime behavior is modified.

Overview
Documentation-only updates (English plus es, fr, zh) that address recent contextual feedback on four topics.

.mintignore — Adds a note that ignored paths still trigger PR preview builds; exclusion applies at publish time, not to deploy triggers.

Multi-repo sourceRef — States explicitly that menu entries inside a tab do not accept sourceRef, narrowing the supported-navigation list.

Monorepo Git settings — Replaces outdated Set up as monorepo wording and screenshot alt text with the current docs.json is in a subdirectory toggle label.

Static export domain — Expands the start-job page copy and OpenAPI StartStaticExportRequest.domain descriptions: dashboard custom domain or Mintlify subdomain, hostname only (no protocol, trailing slash, or path prefix).

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