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+# Files excluded from `git archive` output (gitea's archive endpoint
+# uses git archive, so these don't ship in any release zip).
+
+.beads/         export-ignore
+.claude/        export-ignore
+.gitignore      export-ignore
+.gitattributes  export-ignore
+AGENTS.md       export-ignore
+CLAUDE.md       export-ignore
+steps.md        export-ignore