docs: track CLAUDE.md, ignore CLAUDE.local.md instead#2
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.gitignore listed CLAUDE.md, which blocks the shared, tracked file rather than the personal one. CLAUDE.local.md is the untracked variant, so swap the ignore and commit a real CLAUDE.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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.gitignorelistedCLAUDE.md, which blocks the shared file rather than the personal one.Claude Code already separates the two:
CLAUDE.mdis tracked project memory that everyone (and every agent) reads, whileCLAUDE.local.mdis the personal, untracked variant. IgnoringCLAUDE.mdconflates them. This swaps the ignore toCLAUDE.local.mdand commits a realCLAUDE.md, so scratch notes stay private and the shared context is reviewable.The file
# <repo>→## Hard rules→## Workflow→## Architecture→## Commands→## Gotchas. Everything above## Commandsis loaded unconditionally into context, so it is kept short and ordered cheapest-first.Gotchas worth having written down: the 17 vim-plugin submodules under
nvim/bundle/all usegit@github.com:SSH URLs, sogit submodule update --initneeds working SSH; and the README points atbin/install_dotfiles.shwhile the tracked file isinstall_dotfiles.bash.pre-commit run --files CLAUDE.md .gitignorepasses.