2026-05-09: Fix release script fails due to src-tauri/ in root .gitignore

Fix: release script fails due to src-tauri/ in root .gitignore

Problem

npm run release -- 1.0.0 fails at the git add step:

The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
src-tauri
hint: Use -f if you really want to add them.

Error: Command failed: git add package.json backend/package.json front/package.json
  docs/package.json src-tauri/Cargo.toml src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

Root cause

The root .gitignore contained src-tauri/ (the entire directory). This caused git add src-tauri/Cargo.toml src-tauri/tauri.conf.json to fail — git refuses to stage files in an ignored path without -f.

However, src-tauri/ source files (61 files: Rust code, configs, icons) are tracked in git. The 5.3 GB on disk is Rust build artifacts under src-tauri/target/, which were already correctly excluded by src-tauri/.gitignore:

# Generated by Cargo
/target/
/gen/schemas

The root .gitignore entry src-tauri/ was incorrectly excluding the entire directory instead of only build artifacts.

Fix

Replaced in root .gitignore:

# Before (wrong — excludes all source files)
# Tauri
src-tauri/

# After (correct — excludes only build artifacts)
# Tauri build artifacts (source files are tracked; artifacts excluded by src-tauri/.gitignore)
src-tauri/target/
src-tauri/gen/

AGENTS.md checklist

#	Convention	Status
1	Documentation update	✅ Plan doc created; no user-facing docs reference this gitignore rule
2	All 4 test gates	✅ N/A — gitignore fix, no logic change
3	Self-review	✅ Done
4	Endpoint coverage	✅ N/A
5	Bug-to-Test	✅ N/A — release script; shell test out of scope
6	Seed isolation	✅ N/A
7	Transaction invariants	✅ N/A
8	Plan history	✅ This file
9	Infra test gate	✅ Verified with dry-run
10	Environment compat	✅ N/A
11	Do-no-harm baseline	✅ 61 tracked files unaffected; gitignore rules don’t retroactively untrack
12	Plan execution summary	See below
13	Doc grep	✅ All src-tauri/ refs in docs point to source files, not gitignore rules

Execution Summary

Commit: (see release commit chore: release v1.0.0)

Actual changes

• .gitignore: replaced src-tauri/ with src-tauri/target/ + src-tauri/gen/
• docs/src/content/docs/plans/2026-05-fix-release-gitignore.md: this file
• 6 version files bumped to 1.0.0: package.json, backend/package.json, front/package.json, docs/package.json, src-tauri/Cargo.toml, src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

Deviations from plan

None. Plan followed exactly.

Test results

Gate	Result
Backend unit	⏭ skipped (not affected)
Backend e2e	⏭ skipped (not affected)
Frontend unit	⏭ skipped (not affected)
Frontend e2e	⏭ skipped (not affected)
Release dry-run	✅ passed

Key discoveries

• The root .gitignore had src-tauri/ as a single line under # Tauri comment, likely added by someone intending to exclude only build artifacts. The src-tauri/.gitignore already handled that correctly.
• 61 source files were tracked before the wrong ignore rule was added (or were force-added). Gitignore rules don’t retroactively untrack files, which is why git ls-files src-tauri/ showed 61 entries even with the bad rule in place.
• The version files (Cargo.toml, tauri.conf.json) were already bumped by the failed release run, so after fixing .gitignore, only a git add + git commit was needed to complete the release.