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-# Local deployment (nyx server) — beta channel
-- Managed by Nyx; deploy script: `~/deploy/smt-beta.sh [branch]` (fetch, build, docker rebuild, restart)
+# Local deployment (nyx server) — beta channel (tracks main = production state by default)
+- Managed by Nyx; deploy script: `~/deploy/smt-beta.sh [branch]` (fetch, build, docker rebuild, restart; **default branch: main**)
 - Container: `smt-beta` (nginx:alpine, 127.0.0.1:8081 **and** tailnet IP 100.64.0.4:8081), image `smt-beta-image`
 - Tailnet URLs:
   - http://nyx-rg3jpx6w.internal.0jm.de/ (tailscale serve → 8081; needs MagicDNS; Chrome history may autocomplete a broken https:// variant — delete it from history)