chore(build,gitignore): Refactor web directory structure and build co…

.gitignore

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ dmypy.json
 Thumbs.db
 
 # Project specific
+.claude/
+CLAUDE.md
 resources/config.json
 *.pem
 input/
@@ -89,10 +91,10 @@ docker-compose.override.yml
 backups/
 ssl/
 
-# Web UI built artifacts (built by make build-release; placeholder index.html is committed)
-# Ignore everything in web/ EXCEPT the placeholder index.html
+# Web UI built artifacts (built by make build-release; not committed to git)
+# Ignore everything in web/ EXCEPT .gitkeep which preserves the empty directory
 src/tablesleuth/web/*
-!src/tablesleuth/web/index.html
+!src/tablesleuth/web/.gitkeep
 
 # Next.js dev artifacts (web-ui/ source is committed, build output is not)
 web-ui/.next/

pyproject.toml

@@ -114,14 +114,14 @@ Changelog = "https://github.com/jamesbconner/TableSleuth/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 # Hatchling configuration for src layout
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/tablesleuth"]
-# Exclude web/ from VCS-based discovery so force-include is the sole
-# mechanism that adds it.  This prevents duplicate entries for files
-# (e.g. index.html) that are both git-tracked and listed in force-include.
-exclude = ["src/tablesleuth/web/**"]
+exclude = ["src/tablesleuth/web/.gitkeep"]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include]
 "src/tablesleuth/web" = "tablesleuth/web"
 
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist.force-include]
+"src/tablesleuth/web" = "src/tablesleuth/web"
+
 # -----------------------
 # Ruff configuration
 # -----------------------