release-notes: draft for the next dotfiles-Windows release

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release-notes: draft for the next dotfiles-Windows release — 2026-07-16

Confirmed a trap: commit db88489's subject says "add tailscale, syncthing, ollama, ShareX", but the diff only adds syncthing, tailscale, ShareX — ollama never landed (it appears only in removed changelog prose). The curated [Unreleased] entry correctly omits it. Don't let the commit subject pull ollama into the notes.

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Release notes — v1.2.0..HEAD (6 commits)

Ready-to-curate block

## [v1.3.0] - 2026-07-16

### Added

- **`awesome-windows` sweep — heavier deferred picks** (#121): `syncthing` (P2P sync,
  scoop `main`), `tailscale` (mesh VPN; pairs with the WSL bridge, scoop `extras`), and
  the GUI capture tool **ShareX** (`ShareX.ShareX`) in the opt-out `gui` winget group.
  All install as plain binaries — no service auto-starts. Lock reconciled
  (`syncthing 2.1.2`, `tailscale 1.98.9`, `ShareX.ShareX 21.0.0`).
- **`awesome-windows` sweep — CLI media/backup tools** (#120): `yt-dlp` (media
  downloader), `restic` (encrypted incremental backup — the stack had *no* backup tool),
  `mpv` (scriptable media player, `extras`). Lock reconciled (`restic 0.19.1`,
  `yt-dlp 2026.07.04`, `mpv 0.41.0`).
- **Five host CLI tools filling genuine gaps** (#119, scoop `main`): `lsd` (the
  `eza`-fallback docs already named but wasn't installed), `gsudo` (in-session `sudo`),
  `watchexec` (run-on-file-change), `trippy` (`trip`, mtr/traceroute TUI), `ast-grep`
  (`sg`, structural AST search). (`jless` was dropped — not in the scoop buckets;
  `gron`/`jq` cover it.)
- **`docs/TERMINAL_WORKFLOW_GUIDE.md`** (#118) — a full operating manual for the
  PowerShell + psmux + Windows Terminal stack (the Windows analog of dotfiles-MacBook's
  guide): profile load pipeline, psmux architecture, tool integration, the command/
  shortcut matrix, security posture, desktop layer, and maintenance tier.

### Changed

- **Windows Terminal settings** refreshed (`875bdf3`).

### Fixed

- **`psmux prefix ?` cheatsheet rendered as 3 columns of ~1 char each** (#119). The
  `$rows` array used newline-separated `@(...)` literals, which PowerShell unrolled and
  the collecting `@()` flattened into a single string array, so `$_[0..2]` indexed
  characters. Fixed with the leading-comma idiom (`,@(...)`) plus a keep-this comment.

### Housekeeping

- Core mirror-sync: nvim + starship pulled from Core v3.6.0 (`360a1f8`).

Editorial pass

• Release headline: A backup tool, a mesh VPN, and a full terminal operating manual — the host's package layer and docs both fill their last real gaps.
• User-facing news: all three package sweeps (feat(packages): add host CLI gaps; fix psmux cheatsheet flattening #119/feat(packages): add yt-dlp, restic, mpv from awesome-windows sweep #120/feat(packages): add tailscale, syncthing, ollama, ShareX (deferred sweep picks) #121) and the workflow guide (docs: add TERMINAL_WORKFLOW_GUIDE.md #118). restic is the standout — it closes a genuine capability gap (no backup tool existed before).
• Internal plumbing: the nvim/starship mirror-sync (folded to one line) and the Windows Terminal settings tweak. Neither drives the version.
• Breaking: none. No removed/renamed module exports or profile-contract changes — all additive.
• Version: these are additive feat: commits over v1.2.0, so a minor bump → v1.3.0 (placeholder; confirm with /release-readiness). Note the v1.2.1 tag already on HEAD is the auto-patch from the sync, not a curated release — don't treat it as the human-facing baseline.
• Curation gaps to fix before pasting:
  • ollama — do not include. Commit subject feat(packages): add tailscale, syncthing, ollama, ShareX (deferred sweep picks) #121 names it, but it was never added. Trust the diff, not the subject.
  • The existing [Unreleased] block already curates feat(packages): add host CLI gaps; fix psmux cheatsheet flattening #119/feat(packages): add yt-dlp, restic, mpv from awesome-windows sweep #120/feat(packages): add tailscale, syncthing, ollama, ShareX (deferred sweep picks) #121 in richer prose — docs: add TERMINAL_WORKFLOW_GUIDE.md #118 (the workflow guide), the Terminal settings tweak, and the Core sync are not yet in it. Add those three when promoting.
  • packages.lock.json for all three sweeps was reconciled from bucket manifests, not a live host run — the standing "re-run packages/Update-PackageLock.ps1 on a Windows host" caveat still applies.

Report only — I haven't touched CHANGELOG.md or cut a tag.

Filed by the claude-routines workflow. Report-first: review and act — nothing was changed.