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+# Nix build result symlink
+/result
+
+# Runtime state and caches (not user config)
+home/.config/beets/state.pickle
+home/.config/herdr/.plugins.lock
+home/.config/herdr/*.log
+home/.config/herdr/*.sock
+home/.config/herdr/session.json
+home/.config/herdr/release-notes.json