golden-file-conventions

Terminology note: "golden file" / "golden master" are practitioner-emergent terms popularized by the Working Effectively with Legacy Code tradition. ISTQB has no canonical entry - the closest formal term is "snapshot test." This catalog uses both interchangeably; assume "golden file" and "snapshot" mean the same thing in the rest of the body.

A reference catalog for how to manage snapshot / golden files. It supplies the conventions that active snapshot-management workflows follow when updating / pruning golden files.

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