From 78a3b03596aa1ae14fbf533611cb0271de9a38e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arye Kogan <aryekogan@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 05:46:34 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: ignore bootstrapped eval result bundles

---
 src/bootstrap.mjs            | 14 +++++++++++++-
 tests/bootstrap-cli.test.mjs | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/bootstrap.mjs b/src/bootstrap.mjs
index 017e516..26c0ba1 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap.mjs
+++ b/src/bootstrap.mjs
@@ -123,7 +123,19 @@ const initFilesForSuite = (suite) => {
       content: [
         "# Eval Results",
         "",
-        "Generated evaluation result bundles are written here. Keep durable summaries, but do not commit bulky transient outputs unless your repo policy requires them.",
+        "Generated evaluation result bundles are written here. Keep durable summaries, but do not commit raw transient outputs unless your repo policy requires them.",
+        "",
+        "The sibling `.gitignore` keeps run bundles local by default while preserving this README and curated files a human intentionally adds.",
+        "",
+      ].join("\n"),
+    },
+    {
+      relativePath: "evals/results/.gitignore",
+      content: [
+        "# Keep raw eval result bundles local unless a human curates a summary.",
+        "*",
+        "!README.md",
+        "!.gitignore",
         "",
       ].join("\n"),
     },
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap-cli.test.mjs b/tests/bootstrap-cli.test.mjs
index 8c578d5..4153d4d 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap-cli.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/bootstrap-cli.test.mjs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ describe("bootstrap CLI", () => {
 
     expect(result.status).toBe(0);
     expect(result.stdout).toContain("Would write evals/eval-kit.config.json");
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("Would write evals/results/.gitignore");
     expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(root, "evals"))).toBe(false);
   });
 
@@ -58,6 +59,23 @@ describe("bootstrap CLI", () => {
         root: "cases",
       },
     });
+    expect(
+      fs.readFileSync(
+        path.join(root, "evals", "results", ".gitignore"),
+        "utf8",
+      ),
+    ).toBe(
+      [
+        "# Keep raw eval result bundles local unless a human curates a summary.",
+        "*",
+        "!README.md",
+        "!.gitignore",
+        "",
+      ].join("\n"),
+    );
+    expect(
+      fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, "evals", "results", "README.md"), "utf8"),
+    ).toContain("keeps run bundles local by default");
 
     const doctor = runCli(root, ["doctor"]);
     expect(doctor.status).toBe(0);