test: clean sync validation whitespace

Author: sahilm-ai

DESIGN.md

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 
 
-**Task:** t_5a521a19  
-**Phase:** Design (no code — approval gate before implementing)  
+**Task:** t_5a521a19
+**Phase:** Design (no code — approval gate before implementing)
 **Author:** braintrusteng (hermes worker)
 
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Reasoning:
 - Single-responsibility makes the profile easy to reason about, debug, and replace. If the merging logic needs to change (e.g. migrate from squash to merge commits), only this profile changes.
 - The dispatch pattern is already proven for the `review` column (dispatcher claims → spawns `sdlc-review`). The `merging` column can use the identical pattern with a different profile name.
 
-**Profile name:** `post-approve-merger`  
+**Profile name:** `post-approve-merger`
 **Skills force-loaded by dispatcher:** a new `post-approve-merger` skill (analogous to how `sdlc-review` is force-loaded for review tasks).
 
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tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py

@@ -6504,4 +6504,3 @@ def test_pin_workspace_git_identity_non_git_dir_is_noop(
     hooks_dir = plain_dir / ".hermes-hooks"
     assert hooks_dir.exists()
     assert (hooks_dir / "pre-commit").exists()
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