fix(sidenote): park notes in .git/info, not a tracked file at the project root - #36
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…ject root /sidenote wrote to .claude/sidenotes.md at the project root, but only this repo's own .gitignore excluded it — the installer never propagated that guard, so in every consumer repo a `git add -A` swept personal parked thoughts into unrelated PRs. And a gitignored file inside a worktree dies with the worktree, which breaks the "survives this session" contract for worktree-based flows. Write to $(git rev-parse --path-format=absolute --git-common-dir)/info/sidenotes.md instead: git's own home for local, never-committed, per-repo data. No ignore rule needed, one file shared by all worktrees, survives worktree removal. Fallback outside a git repo stays .claude/sidenotes.md. The flush also reads a legacy root file if present so old entries aren't silently dropped. README synced.
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/sidenote wrote to .claude/sidenotes.md at the project root, but only this
repo's own .gitignore excluded it — the installer never propagated that guard,
so in every consumer repo a
git add -Aswept personal parked thoughts intounrelated PRs. And a gitignored file inside a worktree dies with the worktree,
which breaks the "survives this session" contract for worktree-based flows.
Write to $(git rev-parse --path-format=absolute --git-common-dir)/info/sidenotes.md
instead: git's own home for local, never-committed, per-repo data. No ignore
rule needed, one file shared by all worktrees, survives worktree removal.
Fallback outside a git repo stays .claude/sidenotes.md. The flush also reads a
legacy root file if present so old entries aren't silently dropped. README
synced.