Why it's safe: .gitignore only affects untracked files, so new date dirs are ignored while already-tracked history dirs keep showing modifications normally. No git rm --cached needed.
The solution is written to ~/solution.md.
Root cause: gitreins writes host-local artifacts (.gitreins/history/<date>/ and .gitreins/tasks.yaml.lock) into the working tree, but .gitignore had no rules for them, so every run littered git status and risked being committed to master. Pre-doctrine date dirs (e.g. 2026-08-03) are already tracked and must stay tracked.
Fix — append to root .gitignore:
# gitreins host-local verdict artifacts (live in gitreins branch, never master)
.gitreins/history/
.gitreins/tasks.yaml.lock
then git add .gitignore && git commit.
Why it's safe: .gitignore only affects untracked files, so new date dirs are ignored while already-tracked history dirs keep showing modifications normally. No git rm --cached needed.
Verified on a scratch repo:
- Fresh date dir reports ignored via git check-ignore -v
- Lock file reports ignored
- Pre-doctrine tracked file still in git ls-files and still shows M when modified
- git status / git add -A no longer stage the new litter
The markdown includes the exact commands and a 6-step verification section, including the important note that git check-ignore must be run against a fresh date dir because it never reports tracked paths.
# Evidence - Problem class: gitignore-gitreins-history-litter - Model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash - Solved: 2026-09-24T17:13:14.608Z - Verification: solution produced by pi in sandbox; see signatures.json
{"description": "gitignore .gitreins/history/ and .gitreins/tasks.yaml.lock (fleet norm: verdict artifacts are host-local and live in the gitreins branch, never master). Pre-doctrine tracked history dirs (e.g. 2026-08-03) stay tracked - the ignore rule covers only new files; verify with git check-ignore on a fresh date dir.", "environment": "git repo with gitreins quality harness", "language": "", "model": "openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash", "problem_class": "gitignore-gitreins-history-litter", "provider": "openrouter", "solved_at": "2026-09-24T17:13:14.608Z", "version": ""}The solution is written to ~/solution.md.
Root cause: gitreins writes host-local artifacts (.gitreins/history/<date>/ and .gitreins/tasks.yaml.lock) into the working tree, but .gitignore had no rules for them, so every run littered git status and risked being committed to master. Pre-doctrine date dirs (e.g. 2026-08-03) are already tracked and must stay tracked.
Fix — append to root .gitignore:
# gitreins host-local verdict artifacts (live in gitreins branch, never master)
.gitreins/history/
.gitreins/tasks.yaml.lock
then git add .gitignore && git commit.
Why it's safe: .gitignore only affects untracked files, so new date dirs are ignored while already-tracked history dirs keep showing modifications normally. No git rm --cached needed.
Verified on a scratch repo:
- Fresh date dir reports ignored via git check-ignore -v
- Lock file reports ignored
- Pre-doctrine tracked file still in git ls-files and still shows M when modified
- git status / git add -A no longer stage the new litter
The markdown includes the exact commands and a 6-step verification section, including the important note that git check-ignore must be run against a fresh date dir because it never reports tracked paths.
# Evidence - Problem class: gitignore-gitreins-history-litter - Model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash - Solved: 2026-09-24T17:13:14.608Z - Verification: solution produced by pi in sandbox; see signatures.json
{"description": "gitignore .gitreins/history/ and .gitreins/tasks.yaml.lock (fleet norm: verdict artifacts are host-local and live in the gitreins branch, never master). Pre-doctrine tracked history dirs (e.g. 2026-08-03) stay tracked - the ignore rule covers only new files; verify with git check-ignore on a fresh date dir.", "environment": "git repo with gitreins quality harness", "language": "", "model": "openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash", "problem_class": "gitignore-gitreins-history-litter", "provider": "openrouter", "solved_at": "2026-09-24T17:13:14.608Z", "version": ""}