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+# 🔗 Local Repository Link
+
+- **Repo Name**: `why-im-taking-my-research-into-the-field`
+- **Local User**: `mrhavens`
+- **Remote URL**: `file:///home/mrhavens/git-local-repos/git-sigil.git`
+- **Local Repo Path**: `/mnt/c/fieldcraft/essays/why-im-taking-my-research-into-the-field`
+- **Remote Label**: `local`
+- **Default Branch**: `master`
+- **Repo Created**: `2025-06-26 17:04:43`
+
+---
+
+## 📦 Commit Info
+
+- **This Commit Timestamp**: `2025-06-26 17:04:43`
+- **Last Commit SHA**: `52887ad6e93e7ffe881437c38dec45adfad04519`
+- **Last Commit Message**: `Signed /mnt/c/fieldcraft/essays/why-im-taking-my-research-into-the-field/docs/integrity.sha256 with GPG key 4E27D37C358872BF at 2025-06-26T22:02:58Z`
+- **Last Commit Author**: `Mark Randall Havens <mark.r.havens@gmail.com>`
+- **Last Commit Date**: `Thu Jun 26 17:04:36 2025 -0500`
+- **This Commit URL**: `file:///home/mrhavens/git-local-repos/git-sigil.git`
+
+---
+
+## 📊 Repo Status
+
+- **Total Commits**: `38`
+- **Tracked Files**: `49`
+- **Uncommitted Changes**: `No`
+- **Latest Tag**: `None`
+
+---
+
+## 🧭 Environment
+
+- **Host Machine**: `witness-zero`
+- **Current User**: `mrhavens`
+- **Time Zone**: `CDT`
+- **Script Version**: `v1.0`
+
+---
+
+## 🧬 Hardware & OS Fingerprint
+
+- **OS Name**: `Linux`
+- **OS Version**: `Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS`
+- **Kernel Version**: `5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2`
+- **Architecture**: `x86_64`
+- **Running in Docker**: `No`
+- **Running in WSL**: `Yes`
+- **Virtual Machine**: `wsl`
+- **System Uptime**: `up 38 minutes`
+- **MAC Address**: `00:15:5d:e3:69:be`
+- **Local IP**: `172.18.207.124`
+- **CPU Model**: `AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics`
+- **Total RAM (GB)**: `3.63`
+
+---
+
+_Auto-generated by `gitfield-local` push script._