From 45634059dd2688f1b6f7177eb13b57a01cc39df1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joshuavial <git@codewithjv.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 21:34:08 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore .claude dirs when listing polecats

---
 internal/polecat/manager.go      | 4 ++++
 internal/polecat/manager_test.go | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/polecat/manager.go b/internal/polecat/manager.go
index 7c0b9d88..b5a4c515 100644
--- a/internal/polecat/manager.go
+++ b/internal/polecat/manager.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/steveyegge/gastown/internal/beads"
@@ -547,6 +548,9 @@ func (m *Manager) List() ([]*Polecat, error) {
 		if !entry.IsDir() {
 			continue
 		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(entry.Name(), ".") {
+			continue
+		}
 
 		polecat, err := m.Get(entry.Name())
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/polecat/manager_test.go b/internal/polecat/manager_test.go
index f5157692..b898c449 100644
--- a/internal/polecat/manager_test.go
+++ b/internal/polecat/manager_test.go
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ func TestListWithPolecats(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("mkdir: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(root, "polecats", ".claude"), 0755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mkdir .claude: %v", err)
+	}
 	// Create mayor/rig for beads path
 	mayorRig := filepath.Join(root, "mayor", "rig")
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(mayorRig, 0755); err != nil {