chore: development v0.2.18 - comprehensive testing complete [auto-commit]

Author: githubrobbi

.gitignore

@@ -137,4 +137,8 @@ build/.ttapi-workflow-state.json
  .ttapi-workflow-state.json
 
 # Cargo metadata output (machine-specific, auto-generated)
-metadata.json
+metadata.json
+
+# Large trial run output files (too big for GitHub)
+docs/trial_runs/UltraFastFileSearch/cpp.txt
+docs/trial_runs/UltraFastFileSearch/rust.txt

Cargo.lock

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ members = [
 # Workspace Package Metadata (inherited by all crates)
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.2.17"
+version = "0.2.18"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 license = "MPL-2.0 OR LicenseRef-UFFS-Commercial"

Cargo.toml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Traditional file search tools (including `os.walk`, `FindFirstFile`, etc.) work
 
 **UFFS reads the MFT directly** - once - and queries it in memory using Polars DataFrames. This is like reading the entire phonebook once instead of looking up each name individually.
 
-### Benchmark Results (v0.2.17)
+### Benchmark Results (v0.2.18)
 
 | Drive Type | Records | Time | Throughput |
 |------------|---------|------|------------|
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Traditional file search tools (including `os.walk`, `FindFirstFile`, etc.) work
 
 | Comparison | Records | Time | Notes |
 |------------|---------|------|-------|
-| **UFFS v0.2.17** | **18.7 Million** | **~142 seconds** | All disks, fast mode |
+| **UFFS v0.2.18** | **18.7 Million** | **~142 seconds** | All disks, fast mode |
 | UFFS v0.1.30 | 18.7 Million | ~315 seconds | Baseline |
 | Everything | 19 Million | 178 seconds | All disks |
 | WizFile | 6.5 Million | 299 seconds | Single HDD |