Yes. Yet it's a bit weird in case .github folder is used. Will they support a .bitbucket, .gitlab, etc. They could have used a more generic name like .contributing, but this increases the risk of name collision.
or like .dotfiles/ or .repoconfig/
They can start with `.github` and later give us a way to define a custom name, like adding something on `.gitconfig` or `.gitattributes`.