refactor(init): stop prescribing a .scratch directory - #31
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`quest init` added `/.scratch/` to `.gitignore` and the start skill told agents to keep scratch files there. That convention belongs to individual repositories, not to Quest. Init and uninstall no longer touch `.gitignore`, and the start skill no longer names a scratch location. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
quest initappended/.scratch/to.gitignore, and the start skill told agents to keep PR bodies, logs, and notes there. Where to put scratch files is a choice for each repository, so Quest shouldn't decide it.Resulting behavior
quest initandquest uninstallno longer touch.gitignore. They only manage the skill stubs,quest/README.md, and the reference line./.scratch/ignore entry, which only existed because of the skill.append_linelost itsparagraphflag, since only the reference line uses it now.No release has been tagged, so uninstall doesn't keep cleaning up
/.scratch/lines left by earlier inits.Validation
nix develop -c just checkpasses.nix develop -c just testpasses (77 tests).init_creates_layout_and_is_idempotentnow asserts that no.gitignoreis created.(written by Claude Opus 5.5)
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