Repository Git Workflow

Work only in this canonical checkout. Never use git worktree, create a duplicate clone or copy, or create a temporary checkout under /tmp, .worktrees, or anywhere else.
Use main for routine work. Use a short-lived branch in this same checkout only when a feature genuinely benefits from isolation.
Before starting, inspect the current branch and working tree. Do not hide, overwrite, relocate, or silently absorb existing changes.
Finish every task by reconciling the canonical checkout: merge or fast-forward completed feature work into main, remove the temporary branch when safe, switch back to main, and leave the working tree clean. If existing user work makes that impossible, stop and explain it explicitly.
Cut releases only from main. Push main before the tag, make the tag point at the released main commit, verify the release and its artifacts, and leave this checkout clean on main.
Before ANY release tag, complete the full pre-tag checklist in docs/RELEASING.md — both cargo workspaces, the shell suites, the query oracles, and the dispatched CI gates, all run AFTER the version bump. The root workspace's cargo suite alone is a fraction of this repo's verification surface.

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