Should Autotools integrate with VCS ignore files?

[Горбешко Богдан]

The discussion has started there: 
https://github.com/sardemff7/purple-libnotify-plus/pull/22

Autotools create quite a lot of build artifacts, which shouldn't get 
uploaded to repositories. Populating the VCS-specific ignore files in 
every project using Autotools is cumbersome, and the set of auxiliary 
files generated is a subject to change with newer versions of Autotools 
and the specific tools being used.

So, should Autotools be improved to detect a known VCS being used and 
add ignore lines for it automatically? Many modern project generators 
and build systems, including Meson and create-react-app, do that to some 
extent, but I doubt if this is actually in the scope of Autotools and 
follows its ideas.