- Introduced a new plan to automatically strip `~N` dedup suffixes from filenames during forward sync, eliminating the need for redundant `.meta.json5` files.
- Implemented the `strip_dedup_suffix()` utility in `dedup_suffix.rs` to handle suffix removal.
- Updated `file_name_for_path()` and `get_dir_middleware()` to utilize the new stripping functionality.
- Modified syncback logic to skip writing meta `name` fields for dedup-only cases, ensuring cleaner instance naming.
- Enhanced existing tests and added new tests to cover the updated dedup behavior, ensuring robustness and correctness.
These changes aim to streamline the handling of deduplicated instances, improving overall system efficiency and clarity in naming conventions.
- Marked all todos in the slugify branch audit plan as completed, confirming the successful verification of core invariants and sync processes.
- Introduced a new plan to address critical bugs, correctness issues, and refactors identified during the audit, including enhancements to metadata handling and slugification logic.
- Added tests to ensure proper handling of filenames with forbidden characters and deduplication of instances with colliding names.
- Refactored metadata operations to improve clarity and maintainability, consolidating logic for reading and writing the `name` field in `.meta.json5` files.
