Problem

bmalph/state/current-phase.json is mutable runtime state, rewritten by writeState every time the phase advances. But GITIGNORE_ENTRIES only ignores .ralph/logs/, _bmad-output/, and .swarm/ - so bmalph/state/ is left untracked-but-not-ignored. On a repo where the user commits the bmalph scaffolding, git add -A then sweeps this churny state file into version control, and it shows up as noise in every subsequent diff.

This is the same class of path as .ralph/logs/ (already ignored) - generated runtime state, not scaffolding.

Fix

Add bmalph/state/ to GITIGNORE_ENTRIES. That single source of truth flows to all three consumers automatically:

• init writes it into .gitignore
• doctor verifies it's present (checkGitignore)
• reset removes it on cleanup

Scope note: this intentionally ignores only the state dir. The scaffolding dirs (_bmad/, .ralph/, bmalph/config.json) are left tracked, matching the existing design where those are meant to be committable.

Tests

• Updated the "all required entries" health-check fixture and the doctor integration .gitignore fixture to include the new entry.
• Added a check that checkGitignore fails (and names bmalph/state/) when it's missing.
• Full unit suite (1836) + doctor e2e pass.