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 - `git pull` `next` and cut a branch from it — one branch per issue, named
   `issue-<N>-<slug>`. Never branch from `main`.
-- Do the work as one commit whose title ends with ` (closes #N)`, with the
-  `TODO.md` update in that same commit.
-- Move Next Step to the top of Completed Steps; move the top item of Future
-  Steps into Next Step.
+- Do the work as one commit whose title ends with ` (closes #N)`.
+- Add no entry to Completed Steps. What landed is recorded on the tracker and in
+  `git log`, where each commit title names the issue it closes.
 - Run `make fmt`, then `make check`. A feature branch may be red; `next` and
   `main` may not.
 - Rebase onto current `next` immediately before pushing — other branches land on