diff --git a/.properties b/.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 631fb49c..00000000
--- a/.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-formatVersion=2
diff --git a/___test.json b/___test.json
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index 00000000..3230843c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/___test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "description": "TEST DESCRIPTOR, DO NOT USE",
+  "properties": [
+    {"name":  "v", "value": "0.1.2"},
+    {"name":  "v-renovate-hint", "value": "xyz"}
+  ],
+  "formatVersion": "3.1"
+}
diff --git a/global.options b/global.options
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7f93d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/global.options
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "ignoredPropertyPatterns": [
+    ".*-renovate-hint"
+  ]
+}