Add repository branch hypothesis lineage gate

[codeaustral-oss]

Summary

• adds a dependency-free repository branch hypothesis lineage gate for issue Project Repository & Version Control #10
• validates experiment branches against declared hypotheses, frozen protocol snapshots, component hashes, result lineage, reproducibility runs, fork attribution, semantic version impact, and citation notes
• includes synthetic sample data, local tests, a demo script, and reviewer artifacts under repository-branch-hypothesis-lineage-gate/reports/

Verification

• node repository-branch-hypothesis-lineage-gate/test.js
• node repository-branch-hypothesis-lineage-gate/demo.js
• node --check repository-branch-hypothesis-lineage-gate/index.js
• node --check repository-branch-hypothesis-lineage-gate/sample-data.js
• node --check repository-branch-hypothesis-lineage-gate/demo.js
• node --check repository-branch-hypothesis-lineage-gate/test.js
• ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration,size -show_entries stream=codec_name,width,height -of default=noprint_wrappers=1 repository-branch-hypothesis-lineage-gate/reports/demo.mp4
• git diff --check

/claim #10

[codeaustral-oss]

Quick follow-up: this PR remains open, mergeable, and ready for review for #10. Happy to adjust if maintainers prefer a different direction for this scoped implementation.

[codeaustral-oss]

Quick follow-up on this PR since it is still open.

If there’s anything you want adjusted for merge, I can update quickly. If it looks good, a review/merge when you have bandwidth would be appreciated.

For bounty processing, I will keep payout handling strictly through the platform-supported escrow/Stripe rails.

[codeaustral-oss]

Maintenance follow-up: this PR remains open and mergeable on my side. If you want any revisions, I can turn them around quickly. Thanks for the review when you have bandwidth.

[codeaustral-oss]

Maintenance follow-up: this PR is still open and mergeable on my side. I can make revisions quickly if maintainers want a different direction or narrower scope.