governance: add .gitignore housekeeping and regular audits; implement audit script and CI step; update templates, proposal, and docs

collab/questions/02-branching.llm.md

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+# 02 — Branching/Release — Confirm (LLM)
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+- Goals: top 3 drivers for change? [ ]
+- Stability: main = always green release-ready OR docs-only? [ ]
+- Consumption: what must be on main for bootstrap? [ ]
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+- Choose model:
+  - Trunk-based (main green; short-lived branches) [ ]
+  - WIP branch (main release-only; WIPhax/wip/*) [ ]
+  - GitFlow (main/develop/release/hotfix) [ ]
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+- Repo content on main: A full repo [ ] / B no code/prompts [ ] / C minimal bootstrap [ ]
+- If B/C: where do code/prompts live? naming? [ ]
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+- Protections: require CI checks on main [ ]; PR reviews [ ]; Conventional Commits [ ]; tags only for release-ready [ ]
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+- Migration: baseline commit/tag [ ]; create branches [ ]; update CI protections [ ]; add docs/branching.md [ ]
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+Final: Reply “Approved for Branching Plan” with choices to proceed.
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