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Since Oct 11, 2026.

  • #1450 by @fhammerschmidt — open

Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
Half a day
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
git, github-actions

Research direction

Start with the entries the issue cites: .gitattributes line 4, .gitignore lines 14-15, 34-41, 54 and 68-82, .oxfmtrc.json, deploy.yml and the Makefile .PHONY line. For each, confirm that no current file or script produces or matches the pattern before removing it. The deploy.yml item asks for a fix, not only a deletion, so check how the environment input is read. Done means every listed entry is removed or justified and the docs deploy uses its input.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

.gitattributes:4 (/public/playground-bundles/** matches nothing), .oxfmtrc.json (yarn-4.12.0.cjs, _tempFile.*, index_data), deploy.yml ignores its environment input for the docs and passes --branch= empty on master, Makefile .PHONY.

.gitignore:54 re-includes apps/docs/public/_redirects, which no rule ignores; .gitignore:14-15 (index_data) serves only the dead extract-syntax.mjs; dist, mdx-manifest.json, .next, .vercel and the .mjs output patterns (.gitignore:34-41,68-82; output is .jsx) match no producer; .worktrees is listed twice.


Line numbers refer to master at ff3eac6e.

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