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Stop tracking Playwright screen-recording video output; ignore *.webm/*.mp4 going forward

3a5ce941b0355fabefee532fd66132bf67bcfb58 · 2026-09-24 09:18:39 -0700 · Steve Abrams

47 tracked recordings (~317MB) from prior screenrecord/cta harness runs
were regenerable QA artifacts, not source — permanently bloating .git for
every future clone/gc, including one 0-byte truncated recording. Untrack
them (files remain on disk unchanged) and add *.webm/*.mp4 to .gitignore
so future harness runs stop re-committing video. debug-log.jsonl and the
*.md reports under screenrecord/ stay tracked (small, useful history).

Note: this untracks going forward only — the 317MB already sits in git
history/blobs and .git stays large until that history is rewritten
(filter-repo/BFG), which is a separate, more invasive action not taken
here since it permanently discards the original commit objects.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019yVgDG93UFMN6sNbRaUfzd

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commit 3a5ce941b0355fabefee532fd66132bf67bcfb58
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Thu Sep 24 09:18:39 2026 -0700

    Stop tracking Playwright screen-recording video output; ignore *.webm/*.mp4 going forward
    
    47 tracked recordings (~317MB) from prior screenrecord/cta harness runs
    were regenerable QA artifacts, not source — permanently bloating .git for
    every future clone/gc, including one 0-byte truncated recording. Untrack
    them (files remain on disk unchanged) and add *.webm/*.mp4 to .gitignore
    so future harness runs stop re-committing video. debug-log.jsonl and the
    *.md reports under screenrecord/ stay tracked (small, useful history).
    
    Note: this untracks going forward only — the 317MB already sits in git
    history/blobs and .git stays large until that history is rewritten
    (filter-repo/BFG), which is a separate, more invasive action not taken
    here since it permanently discards the original commit objects.
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
    Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019yVgDG93UFMN6sNbRaUfzd
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 .gitignore                                           |   7 +++++++
 cta/rec/chrome.mp4                                   | Bin 16143271 -> 0 bytes
 cta/rec/chrome/chrome.webm                           | Bin 16831849 -> 0 bytes
 cta/rec/safari.mp4                                   | Bin 11253279 -> 0 bytes
 cta/rec/safari/safari.webm                           | Bin 9364884 -> 0 bytes
 cta/rec2/chrome.mp4                                  | Bin 1739309 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@2dd0b4c288738a46066cd425e13ecdef.webm       | Bin 1905089 -> 0 bytes
 cta/rec2/safari.mp4                                  | Bin 1635777 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@6e2aca9a0434d4a4fc56c7e085c0b90c.webm       | Bin 1591046 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/_aborted-attempt0/run0-leftover.webm    | Bin 9100137 -> 0 bytes
 .../run0/page@29b2c3aca86608921702e286956ec73a.webm  | Bin 6982974 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/_aborted-attempt0/run1-leftover.webm    | Bin 3981408 -> 0 bytes
 .../run1/page@f56dff762436149cc0e635dc968ece91.webm  | Bin 11200249 -> 0 bytes
 .../run2/page@c45c5ff001866d260966dd86c5df3b40.webm  | Bin 6033526 -> 0 bytes
 .../run3/page@6b584429743ba8edca7327b18472321f.webm  | Bin 7788924 -> 0 bytes
 .../run4/page@c4064f07613af9a0e09201c51353eca2.webm  | Bin 11410090 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@6ff94c2829a1a9c68f2e3141160400ef.webm       | Bin 7830645 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@adc9e2c18cc195199e47c81061ae6850.webm       |   0
 .../page@f74fa311aa59037d3103a799756d60ff.webm       | Bin 2687177 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/chaos-run0/run0-final.mp4           | Bin 8402130 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/chaos-run0/run0-final.webm          | Bin 7830645 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@ce0271e448959d2115d35a375693054b.webm       | Bin 5199595 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@e83ad34a61b573fa78b48110976e9f6a.webm       | Bin 1926714 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/chaos-run1/run1-final.mp4           | Bin 8063142 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/chaos-run1/run1-final.webm          | Bin 5199595 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@4e4b70363f551541f4edd054b93f8d5c.webm       | Bin 1901249 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@7e11170122614d52fbff20b446759027.webm       | Bin 3564495 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/chaos-run2/run2-final.mp4           | Bin 5210420 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/chaos-run2/run2-final.webm          | Bin 3564495 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@b3aad4d41d1a9adae787ebd872a72585.webm       | Bin 3407872 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@b658e8806e1b9aa93bc1c89d41a6a382.webm       | Bin 5325768 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/chaos-run3/run3-final.mp4           | Bin 8055021 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/chaos-run3/run3-final.webm          | Bin 5325768 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@0f3957c29a1d485b5ee2ae22f43126a9.webm       | Bin 11628665 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/chaos-run4/run4-final.mp4           | Bin 9984807 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/chaos-run4/run4-final.webm          | Bin 11628665 -> 0 bytes
 .../escape-priority-verify.mp4                       | Bin 229461 -> 0 bytes
 .../page@30fae1383c8655d091f96a4fd2cec843.webm       | Bin 217021 -> 0 bytes
 .../run0/page@2df9814a96e971c6b9c22353b7ccd0be.webm  | Bin 4709801 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/run0/run0.mp4                       | Bin 5217951 -> 0 bytes
 .../run1/page@ee9b34649e8745939c63317badf93855.webm  | Bin 4743267 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/run1/run1.mp4                       | Bin 6659469 -> 0 bytes
 .../run2/page@b28afa524e75befc7ada4325d9d86297.webm  | Bin 11503822 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/run2/run2.mp4                       | Bin 8314098 -> 0 bytes
 .../run3/page@093e297d5a30a1bd6c04d7f8b9fcd70a.webm  | Bin 12800122 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/run3/run3.mp4                       | Bin 12752308 -> 0 bytes
 .../run4/page@8f4799110226255b94872357d385440e.webm  | Bin 19982202 -> 0 bytes
 screenrecord/rec/run4/run4.mp4                       | Bin 11537007 -> 0 bytes
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1924158..85357c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,10 @@ tmp/
 dist/
 build/
 .next/
+
+# Playwright screen-record harness output — regenerable QA artifacts, not
+# source. Keep debug-log.jsonl / *.md reports (small, useful history); the
+# large video binaries don't belong in version control (317MB already
+# committed pre-dates this rule — see the untrack in the same change).
+*.webm
+*.mp4
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