# Public snapshot boundary

Private development happens in `gamertan/tend-dev`. The canonical public
repository is not a mirror of that Git history. `scripts/export-public.sh`
creates an exact-file, exact-commit, allowlisted filesystem snapshot and records
its source commit and tree in `PUBLIC-SNAPSHOT.json`.

The exporter refuses dirty or unpushed source, destinations inside the source
or Git metadata, workflow directories, non-allowlisted paths, and known private
material markers. The resulting directory receives a new public root commit.

Public Gitea is canonical for issues, contributions, and releases. GitHub is a
read-only discovery copy of the same public tree. Tags belong only to canonical
Gitea.