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+## 2026-11-08 — Documentation toolchain installed; asciidoc→markdown conversion
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+- **pandoc 3.13** installed at `~/.local/bin/pandoc` from the [GitHub release tarball](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/tag/3.13) (statically linked, 161 MB). The Fedora repos carry only `ghc-pandoc` (Haskell library), not the CLI.
+- **asciidoctor 2.0.26** layered via `rpm-ostree install rubygem-asciidoctor` — **pending reboot** to activate. As a workaround, a distrobox Fedora container (`distrobox enter arch-convert`) runs asciidoctor without rebooting.
+- **prettier 3.9.10** installed globally via npm (Node v24.20.0). Project config: `.prettierrc` (`proseWrap: never`, `tabWidth: 2`), `.prettierignore` (skips `Binaries/`, `*.uasset`, `.agents/`).
+- **Conversion chain:** `.adoc` → `asciidoctor -b docbook5` → `.xml` → `pandoc -f docbook -t gfm` → `.md` → `prettier --write`. Pandoc's built-in `asciidoc` reader cannot handle Asciidoctor tables or attributes — it must go through docbook5.
+- **Post-processing fixes:** glossary `cols="e,2e"` emphasis leaks italic into cell content (strip `*...*` wrapping), `®` from the R key binding becomes `(R)`, anchor IDs `{#...}` stripped, escaped quotes/brackets normalised.
+- **All `.adoc` files removed.** Markdown is the canonical format. Architecture doc lives in `Docs/Architecture/` as 13 section `.md` files + combined `architecture.md`.
+- All `.md` in the repo passes `prettier --check` (23 files formatted, `.agents/` excluded as vendored content).
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+## 2026-11-08 — QA branch merged; demo is walkable
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+- **PR #7** squash-merged to `main` as `52b1212` — terrain collision fix, spawn correction, `UGigLineAssetTools`, `HighResShot` fix, `-qaselftest` harness.
+- **QA self-test results (from merged main):** walk 750 cm / 2 s (Z steady 456), reset 0 cm from spawn, pause/unpause pass, transect 84 samples / 0 holes (ground Z 317..395).
+- **Traversal release check closed:** the swept transect measures walkability rather than assuming it.
+- `gameplay-crossing-0.1.0` branch deleted (already merged); `gig-line-judge` worktree removed.
+- `qa-input-collision-fix-0.1.0` branch still exists locally/remote (squash merge has no shared ancestry, `git branch -d` refuses; delete with `-D` after release tag).
+- `GigLine SIM` / `GigLine GROUND` TEMP diagnostic logging still in `GigLineCharacter.cpp` — must be removed before `v0.1.0` tag.
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 ## 2026-11-08 — Reset was returning to mid-air; QA self-test switch
 
 - **`ResetToStart()` restored a `StartLocation` captured in `BeginPlay`**, which is the PlayerStart position _above_ grade (Z 600) so the capsule never spawns embedded. Every reset therefore dropped the player 1.4 m back into the air. Fix: capture `StartLocation` on the first grounded frame (repeating 0.25 s timer, cleared once captured) — not a one-shot timer, which can fire after the player has already started walking and record a mid-stride position.