diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f732cf..193710e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 # Restorable with `npm install` — the pack builder needs classic-level.
 node_modules/
 
-# LevelDB runtime locks. The pack DATA is committed on purpose (see README):
+# LevelDB runtime scratch. The pack DATA is committed on purpose (see README):
 # a remote Foundry needs the built compendia, and building them requires Node.
+#
+# LOG is LevelDB's own diagnostic text — "Delete type=3 #1", compaction notes — and it
+# is rewritten every time a pack is OPENED, not only when one is rebuilt. Tracking it
+# meant all eighteen went dirty whenever anything merely READ the compendia, Foundry
+# and any verification script included, which was most of the noise in git status here
+# and the reason pack churn kept appearing in commits that had not touched content.
+#
+# Verified disposable before ignoring: a pack copy with LOG and LOG.old deleted opens
+# correctly, reads back all its documents, and LevelDB writes a fresh LOG on open.
+#
+# CURRENT and MANIFEST-* are deliberately NOT in this list. They are how a fresh clone
+# finds the data, and ignoring them would ship a compendium nobody can open.
 packs/*/LOCK
+packs/*/LOG
+packs/*/LOG.old
 
 # macOS
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/packs/armour/LOG b/packs/armour/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 7296f54..0000000
--- a/packs/armour/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:27.753 73c4 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/expedition/LOG b/packs/expedition/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 729f538..0000000
--- a/packs/expedition/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:28.407 6024 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/gear/LOG b/packs/gear/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e38b53..0000000
--- a/packs/gear/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:27.781 6024 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/lastadmission/LOG b/packs/lastadmission/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 95af27d..0000000
--- a/packs/lastadmission/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:28.193 73c4 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/npcs/LOG b/packs/npcs/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dd2758..0000000
--- a/packs/npcs/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:27.992 70a0 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/powers/LOG b/packs/powers/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index afa2509..0000000
--- a/packs/powers/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:28.338 70a0 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/pregens/LOG b/packs/pregens/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 03d7563..0000000
--- a/packs/pregens/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:27.904 6f80 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/primer/LOG b/packs/primer/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e25344..0000000
--- a/packs/primer/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:28.285 70a0 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/prologue/LOG b/packs/prologue/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index fb4528a..0000000
--- a/packs/prologue/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:28.239 6024 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/rules/LOG b/packs/rules/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index b933201..0000000
--- a/packs/rules/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:28.371 6024 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/skills/LOG b/packs/skills/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index b215608..0000000
--- a/packs/skills/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:27.663 73c4 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/slice/LOG b/packs/slice/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c0dba4..0000000
--- a/packs/slice/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:28.313 6024 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/starter/LOG b/packs/starter/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index f2ef311..0000000
--- a/packs/starter/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:28.081 6f80 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/tables/LOG b/packs/tables/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index bc8e4e8..0000000
--- a/packs/tables/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:28.035 6f80 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/talents/LOG b/packs/talents/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index b50502c..0000000
--- a/packs/talents/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/packs/throughtrain/LOG b/packs/throughtrain/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 833f5be..0000000
--- a/packs/throughtrain/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:28.146 6f80 Delete type=3 #1
diff --git a/packs/vehicles/LOG b/packs/vehicles/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 8706f08..0000000
--- a/packs/vehicles/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/packs/weapons/LOG b/packs/weapons/LOG
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cd7aac..0000000
--- a/packs/weapons/LOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2026/08/31-20:33:27.714 6f80 Delete type=3 #1