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@@ -199,3 +199,12 @@ before improvising a new pattern.
   day-to-day ops, Makefile reference, forking/multi-environment notes. If a
   new operational gotcha is discovered (like the two-phase apply, or
   `make clean`), add it to the README, not just this file.
+
+## Git
+
+- **Never run `git commit` or `git push`** (in this repo, `zoitestream`,
+  `repertory`, `repertory-api`, or any other repo) unless the user
+  explicitly asks for it in that specific message. Staging/diffing is
+  fine; committing/pushing is the user's call, always. This applies even
+  after making a series of edits the user clearly wants kept — stop and
+  let them commit.