From a3c7064606b4d92413f1fd10f4fcc03cc82a8473 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike-Swanson <mike@azcomputerguru.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 10:24:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore: purge garbled Windows-path filenames; guard sync.sh
 against recurrence
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Removed 5 tracked files whose names were mangled Windows paths (C:\ProgramData\...,
D:\claudetools\.claude\current-mode, and version-bump script fragments) — the
illegal :/\ chars were stored as Unicode Private-Use-Area substitutes (U+F03A, U+F00A).

Added purge_garbled_paths() to sync.sh: before each 'git add -A', any UNTRACKED path
containing control chars, ':', '\', or PUA U+E000-U+F8FF bytes is removed and not
staged, so this cruft never reaches Gitea again. Tracked content is never auto-deleted.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 ...'    fi',    '',    '    # Dashboard',    r |  0
 ...   '    fi',    '',    '    # Server',    r |  0
 ...[[  == true ]]; then',    '        log Committing |  0
 .claude/scripts/sync.sh                       | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
 CProgramDatagp_user.txt                      |  0
 Dclaudetools.claudecurrent-mode              |  1 -
 6 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 delete mode 100644 ',    '        VERSION_BUMPED=true',    '    fi',    '',    '    # Dashboard',    r
 delete mode 100644 ',    '        VERSION_BUMPED=true',    '    fi',    '',    '    # Server',    r
 delete mode 100644 ',    '        VERSION_BUMPED=true',    '    fi',    '',    '    if [[  == true ]]; then',    '        log Committing
 delete mode 100644 CProgramDatagp_user.txt
 delete mode 100644 Dclaudetools.claudecurrent-mode

diff --git a/',    '        VERSION_BUMPED=true',    '    fi',    '',    '    # Dashboard',    r b/',    '        VERSION_BUMPED=true',    '    fi',    '',    '    # Dashboard',    r
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/',    '        VERSION_BUMPED=true',    '    fi',    '',    '    # Server',    r b/',    '        VERSION_BUMPED=true',    '    fi',    '',    '    # Server',    r
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/',    '        VERSION_BUMPED=true',    '    fi',    '',    '    if [[  == true ]]; then',    '        log Committing b/',    '        VERSION_BUMPED=true',    '    fi',    '',    '    if [[  == true ]]; then',    '        log Committing
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/.claude/scripts/sync.sh b/.claude/scripts/sync.sh
index 255d42a..b831a66 100755
--- a/.claude/scripts/sync.sh
+++ b/.claude/scripts/sync.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,30 @@ YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
 CYAN='\033[0;36m'
 NC='\033[0m'
 
+# --- Guard: strip Windows path-as-filename cruft before staging -------------
+# Windows machines occasionally drop files literally named like "C:\path" or
+# ".claude\current-mode" into the repo. The illegal ':' / '\' chars get stored
+# as Unicode Private-Use-Area substitutes (U+F03A, U+F00A, ...). A blind
+# `git add -A` would stage and propagate them to Gitea. This removes any such
+# UNTRACKED path before staging. Only untracked files are touched — tracked
+# content is never auto-deleted (use `git rm` for that, deliberately).
+purge_garbled_paths() {
+    local rec st p removed=0
+    while IFS= read -r -d '' rec; do
+        st="${rec:0:2}"
+        p="${rec:3}"
+        [ -z "$p" ] && continue
+        [ "$st" = "??" ] || continue   # untracked only
+        if printf '%s' "$p" | LC_ALL=C grep -qaP '[\x00-\x1f\\:]|\xee[\x80-\xbf]|\xef[\x80-\xa3]'; then
+            echo -e "${YELLOW}[WARNING]${NC} Removing garbled untracked path before staging: $(printf '%s' "$p" | cat -v)"
+            rm -f -- "$p" 2>/dev/null || true
+            removed=1
+        fi
+    done < <(git status --porcelain -z)
+    [ "$removed" = 1 ] && echo -e "${YELLOW}[WARNING]${NC} Garbled Windows path-as-filename cruft removed (not synced)."
+    return 0
+}
+
 # Machine + timestamp
 if [ -n "$COMPUTERNAME" ]; then
     MACHINE="$COMPUTERNAME"
@@ -100,6 +124,7 @@ if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
     echo ""
 
     echo -e "${GREEN}[OK]${NC} Staging all changes..."
+    purge_garbled_paths
     git add -A
 
     # Commit message (Co-Authored-By uses local git user if configured)
@@ -275,6 +300,7 @@ else
     # Commit any local vault changes (porcelain catches untracked-only too)
     if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
         echo -e "${YELLOW}[INFO]${NC} Local vault changes detected — committing..."
+        purge_garbled_paths
         git add -A
         git commit -m "sync: auto-sync vault from $MACHINE at $TIMESTAMP"
         echo -e "${GREEN}[OK]${NC} Vault committed."
diff --git a/CProgramDatagp_user.txt b/CProgramDatagp_user.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/Dclaudetools.claudecurrent-mode b/Dclaudetools.claudecurrent-mode
deleted file mode 100644
index 38f8e88..0000000
--- a/Dclaudetools.claudecurrent-mode
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dev