sam/paperclip-harness
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

project-delete: remove sessions, every Paperclip project for the folder, the registry lines, and the dot files

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Sam
2026-11-13 17:21:46 +11:00
parent 1586da66ec
commit 7144878ea6
12 changed files with 1744 additions and 1 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

217
.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md
View File

@@ -1851,3 +1851,220 @@ Committed: `paperclip-harness` `bd0114a`, pushed, and the copies refreshed on al
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-nixos-2026-11-13-00-00-47|Rich discovery: nixos 2026-11-13 00:00:47]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|nixos]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|nixos repository structure and configuration patterns]]
---
## Update (2026-11-13 01:28:45)
## Rich discovery update (2026-11-13 01:28:44)
Your repository is actually in the state you wanted. Here it is, measured just now:
```
$ cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && git log --oneline
a3a5456 Ignoring files
044d71b Test files to ignore
tracked: .gitignore TEST0.md
ignored: TEST1.md TEST2.md folder-0/
status: clean
```
`git rm --cached` worked. TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0 are out of the index, still on disk, and now ignored.
## Why lazygit shows you nothing
Three different reasons, and none of them is deletion:
| what | where it is |
|---|---|
| **Files panel lists changed files only.** After a commit nothing is changed, so the panel is empty. | `TEST0.md` is committed and unchanged, so it is not listed. That is normal. |
| **Ignored files are never shown.** Not by lazygit, and not by `git status` either. | `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md`, `folder-0/` still exist; git and lazygit both hide them. |
To see `TEST0.md`, go to the **Commits** panel, select `044d71b Test files to ignore`, and its files are listed. That is where committed files live. To see the ignored ones you have to ask git directly:
```sh
git status --ignored --short
```
I checked the lazygit build for a "show ignored" toggle: there isn't one in 0.66.2. Ignored means invisible there, by design.
**"Deleted" does not mean ignored.** They are unrelated:
- **deleted** — the file was tracked and is gone from the working tree
- **ignored** — the file is untracked and matches a rule in `.gitignore`, so git pretends it does not exist
- **`git rm --cached`** — stops tracking it, **keeps the file**. That is what you wanted, and that is what happened.
## Taking a line back out of `.gitignore` in lazygit
Yes, lazygit can do it. There is no "unignore" key because ignoring is only a line in a file:
1. Files panel, select `.gitignore`
2. `e` — opens it in your editor
3. delete the line, save and quit (`:wq` in nvim)
4. `space` to stage the change, `c` to commit
That is the only way, in lazygit or anywhere: the rule is text in a file. The `i` menu only *adds*.
## No remote — correct, and not a problem
Worktrees, reviews and merges are all local; nothing needs a remote. If you want a backup copy on Gitea, the repository has to exist there first, then:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
git remote add origin ssh://git@gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au:2222/sam/TEST-BETA.git
git push -u origin main
```
Say so and I will create the Gitea repository.
## One thing missing right now
Your full reset removed `.harness/`, so the panes will complain (`no .harness/harness.toml … run bin/office first`). Re-running office restores only that — it does not touch git:
```sh
office ~/TEST-BETA --project "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA
```
## Starting the whole thing over
Delete in this order, and note what each thing is:
**1. TUIOS sessions** (the panes; nothing else lives there)
```sh
tuios kill-session TEST-BETA
tuios kill-session TEST-BETA-git
```
**2. Paperclip project** (the record in the database, `cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b`)
```sh
curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer [REDACTED_SECRET]" \
http://127.0.0.1:3100/api/projects/cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b
```
Or delete it in the web interface. Do this **before** removing the folder: its workspace records point at the path.
**3. The folder's tooling directories**
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
rm -rf .git .gitignore .harness .paperclip .pi
```
- `.git` — the history, so git-forget everything and start from nothing
- `.gitignore` — the rules; office writes a fresh one
- `.harness` — office's own project file, check command and notes
- `.paperclip` — Paperclip's task worktrees, if any task has run
- `.pi` — Pi's project directory, if a Pi session ran there
Keep `TEST0.md`, `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md`, `folder-0/` if you want the same content to work on again.
**4. The registry entry** (where office remembers which session a folder belongs to)
```sh
sed -i "/cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b/,+5d" ~/.config/paperclip-harness/projects.toml
```
`bin/project-reset <folder>` does steps 1 and the worktree cleanup for you, but it deliberately keeps the Paperclip record and the git history — it is for clearing the machinery, not for starting from nothing.
**5. Pi** — nothing to delete for a fresh run. Its conversation history in `~/.pi/sessions/` and `~/.pi/paperclips/` is the record of what agents did; deleting it loses the audit trail, not the ability to run.
After that, `office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA` starts again from the Y/N question, and now the order is right: nothing is staged, you decide the ignores, then you stage and commit.
## Source paths observed
- `usr/bin/env`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
- `string/proc/sys/kernel/hostname2006-01-02T15`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git_commands`
- `debug/info/warn/error`
- `2222/sam/TEST-BETA.git`
- `3100/api/projects/cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b`
- `.config/paperclip-harness/projects.toml`
## Evidence
- Confidence: 84%
- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:28:45 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Reset/tear down a paperclip-harness test project from scratch]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|LazyGit 0.66.2 behaviors: ignores, deleted vs ignored, and unignoring]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-has-2026-11-13-01-28-44|Rich discovery: has 2026-11-13 01:28:44]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|has]]
---
## Update (2026-11-13 01:55:32)
## Rich discovery update (2026-11-13 01:55:32)
You are right, and my instruction was impossible as written. **lazygit's Files panel lists only changed files.** Your `.gitignore` is committed and unchanged, so it is not in that list, and there is nothing to put the cursor on and press `e`. `e` needs a selected file, and there isn't one.
That is the same reason `TEST0.md` disappeared from view in your earlier question. The Files panel is not a file browser; it is a list of differences.
## Editing `.gitignore` — from a shell, not from lazygit
You have a shell in every session. From `TEST-BETA`, use the **`Shell>shell`** pane, or `t` in `Project>project` → `shell`, or `t` → `nvim`. One command:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && nvim .gitignore
```
Delete the lines you want gone, `:wq`. Then git sees the file as modified, lazygit lists it, and you can `space` and `c` there as usual.
If you would rather not open an editor, this does exactly the same thing — I ran both on a scratch copy to be sure:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
sed -i '/^\/TEST1\.md$/d; /^\/TEST2\.md$/d; /^\/folder-0$/d' .gitignore
git diff .gitignore # look before staging
git add .gitignore && git commit -m "stop ignoring TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0"
```
Measured result on the copy:
```
before: !! TEST1.md !! TEST2.md !! folder-0/
after: M .gitignore
?? TEST1.md ?? TEST2.md ?? folder-0/
```
`.paperclip` stays, which is what you want. `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md` and `folder-0/` become ordinary untracked files again, visible in lazygit, ready to stage or leave.
## The general rule, stated plainly
| you want to | how |
|---|---|
| ignore a file | lazygit, select the **file**, `i` → Add to .gitignore — this works because the file has to be listed, and an untracked file is |
| un-ignore a file | edit `.gitignore` in a shell and delete the line; there is no un-ignore key |
| edit a file that git has not changed | it is not in lazygit's list, so edit it from a shell |
The reason your earlier attempt worked is that `i` is pressed *on the file being ignored*, and that file was untracked, so it was listed. There is no equivalent for the ignore file itself.
## If you want an editor closer to hand
`t` in `Project>project` gives you `nvim` already opened in the project folder, and `yazi` if you want to browse before choosing a file. Both start in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`, so no `cd` is needed — that is the one thing TUIOS panes save you here.
Nothing was changed by me in this answer; the commands above are for you to run against `TEST-BETA`.
## Source paths observed
- `stashBisectingLOG_LEVELwebsocketnet/http.HTTP/1.1`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git_commands`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
## Evidence
- Confidence: 84%
- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:55:32 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lazygit Files panel only lists changed files; no 'un-ignore' action exists]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Un-ignore files in TEST-BETA (remove lines from .gitignore)]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-13-corrected-impossible-lazygit-instruction-supplied-shell-nvim|Corrected impossible lazygit instruction; supplied shell/nvim and sed workflow to un-ignore files]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/lazygit-gitignore-editing-discovery-sanitized|lazygit .gitignore editing discovery (sanitized)]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-13-01-55-32|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-13 01:55:32]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]]

317
.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness.md
View File

@@ -1252,3 +1252,320 @@ Also: `TEST-BETA-git` is the only session I left running from this. My test sess
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-what-happened-2026-11-13-00-33-43|Rich discovery: what-happened 2026-11-13 00:33:43]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|what-happened]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|what-happened repository structure and configuration patterns]]
---
## Update (2026-11-13 00:59:34)
## Rich discovery update (2026-11-13 00:59:34)
All three faults in that run are fixed, and `TEST-BETA` now exists and is running.
## Why the ignore did not work — my design was wrong
**Adding a file to `.gitignore` does not unstage it.** `office` had run `git add -A` before you got to lazygit, so all five files were already in the index. Your `.gitignore` entries changed nothing about what was staged, and the commit took them:
```
00a6ae7 Test files to ignore
TEST0.md | TEST1.md | TEST2.md | folder-0/TEST3.md | folder-0/TEST4.md
5 files changed
```
The order was backwards. It now stages **nothing**, so the sequence is ignore first, stage second:
```
NOTHING IS STAGED AND NOTHING IS COMMITTED YET, which is the right order:
decide what to leave out first, then stage what is left.
i put the selected file or folder into .gitignore
a stage everything that is left after the ignores
c commit
Ignore first, stage second: a file that is already staged stays staged
even after you ignore it, and would still be committed.
```
Verified: after the gate the folder now reads `?? .gitignore ?? a.md ?? b.md` — untracked, nothing staged.
And `office` now **names** the files that are in the repository but that `.gitignore` says to ignore, which is exactly the state your repository is in right now:
```
warning: .gitignore now names 4 file(s) that are already in the
repository. Ignoring does not untrack them:
TEST1.md TEST2.md folder-0/TEST3.md folder-0/TEST4.md
```
## Why the run then failed — three bugs, all mine
1. **`--no-switch` was passed to the machine that owns the folder**, and that flag suppressed creating the session. Then `board` correctly refused: "no TUIOS session named 'TEST-BETA'". The flag exists to stop a program moving your client; it was never meant to stop the session being made. No longer passed.
2. **The crash you saw** (`AttributeError` on `out.stderr`) happened because, when the run is interactive, `ssh` is not asked to capture output, so there was no stderr to quote. It now reports the exit code cleanly.
3. `office` promised an attach line even when no session was built. Fixed earlier; confirmed again here.
Verified from `.27` against a folder on `.13`: the session is created on `.13`, eight panes, and the attach line is printed once, at the end, only because the panes exist.
## `TEST-BETA` is created and running
I ran it to completion so you can see the whole thing work:
```
project TEST-BETA cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b
git_repo · defaultRef main · isolated_workspace · git_worktree · base main
session TEST-BETA 8 panes on .13 — board, work, agents, reply, new, project, repair
all running the harness; shell is a shell
```
```sh
tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA
```
## Two things for you
**The four files are still in the first commit.** Nothing is pushed, so it is safe to correct. In the project session press `g` for lazygit, or from any shell:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
git rm --cached -r TEST1.md TEST2.md folder-0
git commit --amend --no-edit
git status --short # they should now be gone, and not shown as deleted
```
That removes them from tracking while leaving the files on disk. Say the word and I will run it.
**`TEST-BETA-git`** — yes, you can remove it now; the project session has `g` for lazygit, so the separate session has no job left:
```sh
tuios kill-session TEST-BETA-git
```
I left it running in case you want to do the `git rm --cached` from there.
Committed: `paperclip-harness` `1586da6`, pushed, copies current on `.13`, `.27`, `.51`.
## Source paths observed
- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harnes`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA/.harness/harness.toml`
## Evidence
- Confidence: 84%
- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 00:59:34 -->
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-but-2026-11-13-00-59-34|Rich discovery: but 2026-11-13 00:59:34]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|but]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/lazygit-ignore-menu-behavior|but repository structure and configuration patterns]]
---
## Update (2026-11-13 01:28:44)
The paperclip-harness workspace is managed by two cooperating layers: Paperclip (a task/database service, HTTP API on 127.0.0.1:3100, records projects in its DB with UUID ids and a registry file ~/.config/paperclip-harness/projects.toml mapping folders->sessions) and the `office` CLI/harness scripts (e.g. bin/project-reset, bin/office, lib/harness.py, lib/tuios.py, lib/project.py). Each managed project folder can contain tooling dirs: .git (history), .gitignore (rules, written fresh by office), .harness (office project file harness.toml plus check command and notes), .paperclip (Paperclip task worktrees), .pi (Pi project dir and session history). TUIOS provides terminal panes per project session (typically a main project session plus a `<name>-git` session). Panes require .harness/harness.toml and will complain if it is missing, requiring an office re-run. Paperclip tracks work locally: worktrees, reviews and merges do not require a git remote, though an optional remote can be added (e.g. Gitea over ssh port 2222).
## Detailed context from completed turn
Your repository is actually in the state you wanted. Here it is, measured just now:
```
$ cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && git log --oneline
a3a5456 Ignoring files
044d71b Test files to ignore
tracked: .gitignore TEST0.md
ignored: TEST1.md TEST2.md folder-0/
status: clean
```
`git rm --cached` worked. TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0 are out of the index, still on disk, and now ignored.
## Why lazygit shows you nothing
Three different reasons, and none of them is deletion:
| what | where it is |
|---|---|
| **Files panel lists changed files only.** After a commit nothing is changed, so the panel is empty. | `TEST0.md` is committed and unchanged, so it is not listed. That is normal. |
| **Ignored files are never shown.** Not by lazygit, and not by `git status` either. | `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md`, `folder-0/` still exist; git and lazygit both hide them. |
To see `TEST0.md`, go to the **Commits** panel, select `044d71b Test files to ignore`, and its files are listed. That is where committed files live. To see the ignored ones you have to ask git directly:
```sh
git status --ignored --short
```
I checked the lazygit build for a "show ignored" toggle: there isn't one in 0.66.2. Ignored means invisible there, by design.
**"Deleted" does not mean ignored.** They are unrelated:
- **deleted** — the file was tracked and is gone from the working tree
- **ignored** — the file is untracked and matches a rule in `.gitignore`, so git pretends it does not exist
- **`git rm --cached`** — stops tracking it, **keeps the file**. That is what you wanted, and that is what happened.
## Taking a line back out of `.gitignore` in lazygit
Yes, lazygit can do it. There is no "unignore" key because ignoring is only a line in a file:
1. Files panel, select `.gitignore`
2. `e` — opens it in your editor
3. delete the line, save and quit (`:wq` in nvim)
4. `space` to stage the change, `c` to commit
That is the only way, in lazygit or anywhere: the rule is text in a file. The `i` menu only *adds*.
## No remote — correct, and not a problem
Worktrees, reviews and merges are all local; nothing needs a remote. If you want a backup copy on Gitea, the repository has to exist there first, then:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
git remote add origin ssh://git@gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au:2222/sam/TEST-BETA.git
git push -u origin main
```
Say so and I will create the Gitea repository.
## One thing missing right now
Your full reset removed `.harness/`, so the panes will complain (`no .harness/harness.toml … run bin/office first`). Re-running office restores only that — it does not touch git:
```sh
office ~/TEST-BETA --project "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA
```
## Starting the whole thing over
Delete in this order, and note what each thing is:
**1. TUIOS sessions** (the panes; nothing else lives there)
```sh
tuios kill-session TEST-BETA
tuios kill-session TEST-BETA-git
```
**2. Paperclip project** (the record in the database, `cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b`)
```sh
curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer [REDACTED_SECRET]" \
http://127.0.0.1:3100/api/projects/cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b
```
Or delete it in the web interface. Do this **before** removing the folder: its workspace records point at the path.
**3. The folder's tooling directories**
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
rm -rf .git .gitignore .harness .paperclip .pi
```
- `.git` — the history, so git-forget everything and start from nothing
- `.gitignore` — the rules; office writes a fresh one
- `.harness` — office's own project file, check command and notes
- `.paperclip` — Paperclip's task worktrees, if any task has run
- `.pi` — Pi's project directory, if a Pi session ran there
Keep `TEST0.md`, `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md`, `folder-0/` if you want the same content to work on again.
**4. The registry entry** (where office remembers which session a folder belongs to)
```sh
sed -i "/cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b/,+5d" ~/.config/paperclip-harness/projects.toml
```
`bin/project-reset <folder>` does steps 1 and the worktree cleanup for you, but it deliberately keeps the Paperclip record and the git history — it is for clearing the machinery, not for starting from nothing.
**5. Pi** — nothing to delete for a fresh run. Its conversation history in `~/.pi/sessions/` and `~/.pi/paperclips/` is the record of what agents did; deleting it loses the audit trail, not the ability to run.
After that, `office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA` starts again from the Y/N question, and now the order is right: nothing is staged, you decide the ignores, then you stage and commit.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 85%
- Reason: The turn exposed the layered architecture, tooling directories, registry, API endpoint, and session patterns for the harness repo — durable context for future agents.; enriched with final-answer detail because persistence should be reusable
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:28:45 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Reset/tear down a paperclip-harness test project from scratch]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|LazyGit 0.66.2 behaviors: ignores, deleted vs ignored, and unignoring]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-has-2026-11-13-01-28-44|Rich discovery: has 2026-11-13 01:28:44]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|has]]
---
## Update (2026-11-13 01:55:32)
Environment/workspace context discovered this turn:
- Project working directory referenced in instructions: `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`.
- It contains a committed `.gitignore` whose relevant entries were `/TEST1.md`, `/TEST2.md`, `/folder-0`; `.paperclip` is also ignored and should remain so.
- TUIOS panes are in use: `Project>project` with panes `shell`, `nvim`, `yazi`, plus a `Shell>shell` pane. `t` in `Project>project` opens `nvim` in the project folder; `yazi` is available for browsing. TUIOS panes start in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`, so no `cd` is needed.
- lazygit is the VCS UI in use; its Files panel lists only changed/listed files (working-tree differences), not arbitrary unchanged files.
- The `.paperclip` directory appears to be harness metadata and stays ignored.
This context matters for any future guidance about editing repo files, staging, or ignore rules in this workspace.
## Detailed context from completed turn
You are right, and my instruction was impossible as written. **lazygit's Files panel lists only changed files.** Your `.gitignore` is committed and unchanged, so it is not in that list, and there is nothing to put the cursor on and press `e`. `e` needs a selected file, and there isn't one.
That is the same reason `TEST0.md` disappeared from view in your earlier question. The Files panel is not a file browser; it is a list of differences.
## Editing `.gitignore` — from a shell, not from lazygit
You have a shell in every session. From `TEST-BETA`, use the **`Shell>shell`** pane, or `t` in `Project>project` → `shell`, or `t` → `nvim`. One command:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && nvim .gitignore
```
Delete the lines you want gone, `:wq`. Then git sees the file as modified, lazygit lists it, and you can `space` and `c` there as usual.
If you would rather not open an editor, this does exactly the same thing — I ran both on a scratch copy to be sure:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
sed -i '/^\/TEST1\.md$/d; /^\/TEST2\.md$/d; /^\/folder-0$/d' .gitignore
git diff .gitignore # look before staging
git add .gitignore && git commit -m "stop ignoring TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0"
```
Measured result on the copy:
```
before: !! TEST1.md !! TEST2.md !! folder-0/
after: M .gitignore
?? TEST1.md ?? TEST2.md ?? folder-0/
```
`.paperclip` stays, which is what you want. `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md` and `folder-0/` become ordinary untracked files again, visible in lazygit, ready to stage or leave.
## The general rule, stated plainly
| you want to | how |
|---|---|
| ignore a file | lazygit, select the **file**, `i` → Add to .gitignore — this works because the file has to be listed, and an untracked file is |
| un-ignore a file | edit `.gitignore` in a shell and delete the line; there is no un-ignore key |
| edit a file that git has not changed | it is not in lazygit's list, so edit it from a shell |
The reason your earlier attempt worked is that `i` is pressed *on the file being ignored*, and that file was untracked, so it was listed. There is no equivalent for the ignore file itself.
## If you want an editor closer to hand
`t` in `Project>project` gives you `nvim` already opened in the project folder, and `yazi` if you want to browse before choosing a file. Both start in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`, so no `cd` is needed — that is the one thing TUIOS panes save you here.
Nothing was changed by me in this answer; the commands above are for you to run against `TEST-BETA`.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 90%
- Reason: Evidence-backed workspace layout, tool pane conventions, and ignore-rule specifics from the turn.; enriched with final-answer detail because persistence should be reusable
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:55:32 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lazygit Files panel only lists changed files; no 'un-ignore' action exists]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Un-ignore files in TEST-BETA (remove lines from .gitignore)]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-13-corrected-impossible-lazygit-instruction-supplied-shell-nvim|Corrected impossible lazygit instruction; supplied shell/nvim and sed workflow to un-ignore files]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/lazygit-gitignore-editing-discovery-sanitized|lazygit .gitignore editing discovery (sanitized)]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-13-01-55-32|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-13 01:55:32]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]]

95
.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-13-corrected-impossible-lazygit-instruction-supplied-shell-nvim.md Normal file
View File

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
---
type: action
id: action.paperclip-harness.corrected-impossible-lazygit-instruction-supplied-shell-nvim
title: Corrected impossible lazygit instruction; supplied shell/nvim and sed workflow to un-ignore files
status: active
source_of_truth: false
freshness: current
last_reviewed: 2026-11-13
tags:
- pack/paperclip-harness
- agent-memory/action
- lazygit
- gitignore
- assistant-correction
---
# Corrected impossible lazygit instruction; supplied shell/nvim and sed workflow to un-ignore files
Deliverable: acknowledged the prior instruction was impossible (`.gitignore` isn't in lazygit's Files panel because it's unchanged), explained why, and gave two workable alternatives.
Artifacts: shell/nvim command `cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && nvim .gitignore`; sed one-liner deleting `/TEST1.md`, `/TEST2.md`, `/folder-0` lines; verification with `git diff .gitignore`; optional `git add .gitignore && git commit -m "stop ignoring TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0"`.
Validation: ran both approaches on a scratch copy; confirmed status flips from `!!` ignored entries to `M .gitignore` plus `??` untracked entries, `.paperclip` still ignored.
Caveat: no changes were made to the user's actual `TEST-BETA` repo — commands are for the user to run.
## Detailed deliverable from completed turn
You are right, and my instruction was impossible as written. **lazygit's Files panel lists only changed files.** Your `.gitignore` is committed and unchanged, so it is not in that list, and there is nothing to put the cursor on and press `e`. `e` needs a selected file, and there isn't one.
That is the same reason `TEST0.md` disappeared from view in your earlier question. The Files panel is not a file browser; it is a list of differences.
## Editing `.gitignore` — from a shell, not from lazygit
You have a shell in every session. From `TEST-BETA`, use the **`Shell>shell`** pane, or `t` in `Project>project` → `shell`, or `t` → `nvim`. One command:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && nvim .gitignore
```
Delete the lines you want gone, `:wq`. Then git sees the file as modified, lazygit lists it, and you can `space` and `c` there as usual.
If you would rather not open an editor, this does exactly the same thing — I ran both on a scratch copy to be sure:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
sed -i '/^\/TEST1\.md$/d; /^\/TEST2\.md$/d; /^\/folder-0$/d' .gitignore
git diff .gitignore # look before staging
git add .gitignore && git commit -m "stop ignoring TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0"
```
Measured result on the copy:
```
before: !! TEST1.md !! TEST2.md !! folder-0/
after: M .gitignore
?? TEST1.md ?? TEST2.md ?? folder-0/
```
`.paperclip` stays, which is what you want. `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md` and `folder-0/` become ordinary untracked files again, visible in lazygit, ready to stage or leave.
## The general rule, stated plainly
| you want to | how |
|---|---|
| ignore a file | lazygit, select the **file**, `i` → Add to .gitignore — this works because the file has to be listed, and an untracked file is |
| un-ignore a file | edit `.gitignore` in a shell and delete the line; there is no un-ignore key |
| edit a file that git has not changed | it is not in lazygit's list, so edit it from a shell |
The reason your earlier attempt worked is that `i` is pressed *on the file being ignored*, and that file was untracked, so it was listed. There is no equivalent for the ignore file itself.
## If you want an editor closer to hand
`t` in `Project>project` gives you `nvim` already opened in the project folder, and `yazi` if you want to browse before choosing a file. Both start in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`, so no `cd` is needed — that is the one thing TUIOS panes save you here.
Nothing was changed by me in this answer; the commands above are for you to run against `TEST-BETA`.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 90%
- Reason: Completed instructional deliverable with verified outcome on scratch copy.; enriched with final-answer detail because persistence should be reusable
## Related
- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]]
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:55:32 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lazygit Files panel only lists changed files; no 'un-ignore' action exists]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Un-ignore files in TEST-BETA (remove lines from .gitignore)]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-13-corrected-impossible-lazygit-instruction-supplied-shell-nvim|Corrected impossible lazygit instruction; supplied shell/nvim and sed workflow to un-ignore files]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/lazygit-gitignore-editing-discovery-sanitized|lazygit .gitignore editing discovery (sanitized)]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-13-01-55-32|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-13 01:55:32]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]]

106
.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/lazygit-ignore-menu-behavior.md
View File

@@ -84,3 +84,109 @@ Two practical notes about lazygit's menu:
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|Git ignore semantics for agent worktrees: .gitignore vs .git/info/exclude]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/lazygit-ignore-menu-behavior|lazygit ignore-menu behavior]]
- decision: [[packs/paperclip-harness/50-decisions/paperclip-harness-ui-six-workspaces-spec-first-four-panel-li|Which ignore mechanism to use: .gitignore vs .git/info/exclude]]
---
## Update (2026-11-13 00:59:34)
## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-13 00:59:34)
All three faults in that run are fixed, and `TEST-BETA` now exists and is running.
## Why the ignore did not work — my design was wrong
**Adding a file to `.gitignore` does not unstage it.** `office` had run `git add -A` before you got to lazygit, so all five files were already in the index. Your `.gitignore` entries changed nothing about what was staged, and the commit took them:
```
00a6ae7 Test files to ignore
TEST0.md | TEST1.md | TEST2.md | folder-0/TEST3.md | folder-0/TEST4.md
5 files changed
```
The order was backwards. It now stages **nothing**, so the sequence is ignore first, stage second:
```
NOTHING IS STAGED AND NOTHING IS COMMITTED YET, which is the right order:
decide what to leave out first, then stage what is left.
i put the selected file or folder into .gitignore
a stage everything that is left after the ignores
c commit
Ignore first, stage second: a file that is already staged stays staged
even after you ignore it, and would still be committed.
```
Verified: after the gate the folder now reads `?? .gitignore ?? a.md ?? b.md` — untracked, nothing staged.
And `office` now **names** the files that are in the repository but that `.gitignore` says to ignore, which is exactly the state your repository is in right now:
```
warning: .gitignore now names 4 file(s) that are already in the
repository. Ignoring does not untrack them:
TEST1.md TEST2.md folder-0/TEST3.md folder-0/TEST4.md
```
## Why the run then failed — three bugs, all mine
1. **`--no-switch` was passed to the machine that owns the folder**, and that flag suppressed creating the session. Then `board` correctly refused: "no TUIOS session named 'TEST-BETA'". The flag exists to stop a program moving your client; it was never meant to stop the session being made. No longer passed.
2. **The crash you saw** (`AttributeError` on `out.stderr`) happened because, when the run is interactive, `ssh` is not asked to capture output, so there was no stderr to quote. It now reports the exit code cleanly.
3. `office` promised an attach line even when no session was built. Fixed earlier; confirmed again here.
Verified from `.27` against a folder on `.13`: the session is created on `.13`, eight panes, and the attach line is printed once, at the end, only because the panes exist.
## `TEST-BETA` is created and running
I ran it to completion so you can see the whole thing work:
```
project TEST-BETA cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b
git_repo · defaultRef main · isolated_workspace · git_worktree · base main
session TEST-BETA 8 panes on .13 — board, work, agents, reply, new, project, repair
all running the harness; shell is a shell
```
```sh
tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA
```
## Two things for you
**The four files are still in the first commit.** Nothing is pushed, so it is safe to correct. In the project session press `g` for lazygit, or from any shell:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
git rm --cached -r TEST1.md TEST2.md folder-0
git commit --amend --no-edit
git status --short # they should now be gone, and not shown as deleted
```
That removes them from tracking while leaving the files on disk. Say the word and I will run it.
**`TEST-BETA-git`** — yes, you can remove it now; the project session has `g` for lazygit, so the separate session has no job left:
```sh
tuios kill-session TEST-BETA-git
```
I left it running in case you want to do the `git rm --cached` from there.
Committed: `paperclip-harness` `1586da6`, pushed, copies current on `.13`, `.27`, `.51`.
## Source paths observed
- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harnes`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA/.harness/harness.toml`
## Evidence
- Confidence: 82%
- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 00:59:34 -->
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-but-2026-11-13-00-59-34|Rich discovery: but 2026-11-13 00:59:34]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|but]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/lazygit-ignore-menu-behavior|but repository structure and configuration patterns]]

256
.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md
View File

@@ -7528,3 +7528,259 @@ Two practical notes about lazygit's menu:
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|Git ignore semantics for agent worktrees: .gitignore vs .git/info/exclude]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/lazygit-ignore-menu-behavior|lazygit ignore-menu behavior]]
- decision: [[packs/paperclip-harness/50-decisions/paperclip-harness-ui-six-workspaces-spec-first-four-panel-li|Which ignore mechanism to use: .gitignore vs .git/info/exclude]]
---
## Update (2026-11-13 01:28:45)
Discovered while troubleshooting why a user could not 'see files' in LazyGit (v0.66.2) after `git rm --cached` + .gitignore:
- The Files panel lists only *changed* files. After a commit a clean tree shows nothing; committed-but-unchanged files like TEST0.md never appear there. Committed files live in the Commits panel (select a commit to see its files).
- Ignored files are never shown by LazyGit — and also not by plain `git status`. There is no 'show ignored' toggle in 0.66.2. To list them: `git status --ignored --short` (shows `!!` entries).
- "Deleted" does NOT mean "ignored". deleted = was tracked, gone from working tree; ignored = untracked and matching .gitignore, so git pretends it does not exist; `git rm --cached` = stop tracking while keeping the file.
- There is no dedicated 'unignore' key. To unignore, edit .gitignore as text: select .gitignore in Files panel, press `e` to edit, delete the line, save/quit, then space to stage and `c` to commit. LazyGit's `i` menu only adds ignores.
- Untracked directories may show as a single entry when `status.showUntrackedFiles=normal` (LazyGit warns with '{{.path}} is an untracked directory').
- LazyGit needs no git remote; worktrees/reviews/merges are local. To back up to Gitea: repository must exist first, then `git remote add origin ssh://git@gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au:2222/sam/<repo>.git && git push -u origin main`.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 90%
- Reason: Concrete, version-specific LazyGit/git behaviors confirmed in the turn; useful for future troubleshooting in this workspace.
---
## Update (2026-11-13 01:28:45)
## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-13 01:28:44)
Your repository is actually in the state you wanted. Here it is, measured just now:
```
$ cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && git log --oneline
a3a5456 Ignoring files
044d71b Test files to ignore
tracked: .gitignore TEST0.md
ignored: TEST1.md TEST2.md folder-0/
status: clean
```
`git rm --cached` worked. TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0 are out of the index, still on disk, and now ignored.
## Why lazygit shows you nothing
Three different reasons, and none of them is deletion:
| what | where it is |
|---|---|
| **Files panel lists changed files only.** After a commit nothing is changed, so the panel is empty. | `TEST0.md` is committed and unchanged, so it is not listed. That is normal. |
| **Ignored files are never shown.** Not by lazygit, and not by `git status` either. | `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md`, `folder-0/` still exist; git and lazygit both hide them. |
To see `TEST0.md`, go to the **Commits** panel, select `044d71b Test files to ignore`, and its files are listed. That is where committed files live. To see the ignored ones you have to ask git directly:
```sh
git status --ignored --short
```
I checked the lazygit build for a "show ignored" toggle: there isn't one in 0.66.2. Ignored means invisible there, by design.
**"Deleted" does not mean ignored.** They are unrelated:
- **deleted** — the file was tracked and is gone from the working tree
- **ignored** — the file is untracked and matches a rule in `.gitignore`, so git pretends it does not exist
- **`git rm --cached`** — stops tracking it, **keeps the file**. That is what you wanted, and that is what happened.
## Taking a line back out of `.gitignore` in lazygit
Yes, lazygit can do it. There is no "unignore" key because ignoring is only a line in a file:
1. Files panel, select `.gitignore`
2. `e` — opens it in your editor
3. delete the line, save and quit (`:wq` in nvim)
4. `space` to stage the change, `c` to commit
That is the only way, in lazygit or anywhere: the rule is text in a file. The `i` menu only *adds*.
## No remote — correct, and not a problem
Worktrees, reviews and merges are all local; nothing needs a remote. If you want a backup copy on Gitea, the repository has to exist there first, then:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
git remote add origin ssh://git@gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au:2222/sam/TEST-BETA.git
git push -u origin main
```
Say so and I will create the Gitea repository.
## One thing missing right now
Your full reset removed `.harness/`, so the panes will complain (`no .harness/harness.toml … run bin/office first`). Re-running office restores only that — it does not touch git:
```sh
office ~/TEST-BETA --project "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA
```
## Starting the whole thing over
Delete in this order, and note what each thing is:
**1. TUIOS sessions** (the panes; nothing else lives there)
```sh
tuios kill-session TEST-BETA
tuios kill-session TEST-BETA-git
```
**2. Paperclip project** (the record in the database, `cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b`)
```sh
curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer [REDACTED_SECRET]" \
http://127.0.0.1:3100/api/projects/cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b
```
Or delete it in the web interface. Do this **before** removing the folder: its workspace records point at the path.
**3. The folder's tooling directories**
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
rm -rf .git .gitignore .harness .paperclip .pi
```
- `.git` — the history, so git-forget everything and start from nothing
- `.gitignore` — the rules; office writes a fresh one
- `.harness` — office's own project file, check command and notes
- `.paperclip` — Paperclip's task worktrees, if any task has run
- `.pi` — Pi's project directory, if a Pi session ran there
Keep `TEST0.md`, `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md`, `folder-0/` if you want the same content to work on again.
**4. The registry entry** (where office remembers which session a folder belongs to)
```sh
sed -i "/cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b/,+5d" ~/.config/paperclip-harness/projects.toml
```
`bin/project-reset <folder>` does steps 1 and the worktree cleanup for you, but it deliberately keeps the Paperclip record and the git history — it is for clearing the machinery, not for starting from nothing.
**5. Pi** — nothing to delete for a fresh run. Its conversation history in `~/.pi/sessions/` and `~/.pi/paperclips/` is the record of what agents did; deleting it loses the audit trail, not the ability to run.
After that, `office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA` starts again from the Y/N question, and now the order is right: nothing is staged, you decide the ignores, then you stage and commit.
## Source paths observed
- `usr/bin/env`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
- `string/proc/sys/kernel/hostname2006-01-02T15`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git_commands`
- `debug/info/warn/error`
- `2222/sam/TEST-BETA.git`
- `3100/api/projects/cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b`
- `.config/paperclip-harness/projects.toml`
## Evidence
- Confidence: 82%
- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:28:45 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Reset/tear down a paperclip-harness test project from scratch]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|LazyGit 0.66.2 behaviors: ignores, deleted vs ignored, and unignoring]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-has-2026-11-13-01-28-44|Rich discovery: has 2026-11-13 01:28:44]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|has]]
---
## Update (2026-11-13 01:55:32)
Factual behavior confirmed this turn:
1. lazygit's Files panel is a list of differences (changed/untracked-but-listed files), not a file browser. A committed, unmodified `.gitignore` does not appear there, so you cannot select it and press `e`. `e` (Edit file) requires a selected file in the panel; with none selected there is nothing to open.
2. The same reasoning explains why an untracked file can vanish from view if it becomes ignored.
3. `i` → "Add to .gitignore" works because it is pressed on the *file being ignored*, which must itself be listed (an untracked file is listed).
4. There is no built-in "un-ignore" key. To un-ignore, edit `.gitignore` outside lazygit (shell/nvim), or use `sed`, then git sees `.gitignore` as modified and lazygit lists it for staging.
5. Error string seen when lazygit can't open a file in an editor: `CommandDoesNotSupportOpeningInEditor`, tied to `GetOpenDirInEditorCmdStr` / `OSCommand.OpenFile` in `pkg/commands/git_commands.(*FileCommands)`.
Rule of thumb: to edit a file git has not changed, use a shell; lazygit won't show it.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 95%
- Reason: Directly verified behavior and error identifiers from the session.
---
## Update (2026-11-13 01:55:32)
## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-13 01:55:32)
You are right, and my instruction was impossible as written. **lazygit's Files panel lists only changed files.** Your `.gitignore` is committed and unchanged, so it is not in that list, and there is nothing to put the cursor on and press `e`. `e` needs a selected file, and there isn't one.
That is the same reason `TEST0.md` disappeared from view in your earlier question. The Files panel is not a file browser; it is a list of differences.
## Editing `.gitignore` — from a shell, not from lazygit
You have a shell in every session. From `TEST-BETA`, use the **`Shell>shell`** pane, or `t` in `Project>project` → `shell`, or `t` → `nvim`. One command:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && nvim .gitignore
```
Delete the lines you want gone, `:wq`. Then git sees the file as modified, lazygit lists it, and you can `space` and `c` there as usual.
If you would rather not open an editor, this does exactly the same thing — I ran both on a scratch copy to be sure:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
sed -i '/^\/TEST1\.md$/d; /^\/TEST2\.md$/d; /^\/folder-0$/d' .gitignore
git diff .gitignore # look before staging
git add .gitignore && git commit -m "stop ignoring TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0"
```
Measured result on the copy:
```
before: !! TEST1.md !! TEST2.md !! folder-0/
after: M .gitignore
?? TEST1.md ?? TEST2.md ?? folder-0/
```
`.paperclip` stays, which is what you want. `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md` and `folder-0/` become ordinary untracked files again, visible in lazygit, ready to stage or leave.
## The general rule, stated plainly
| you want to | how |
|---|---|
| ignore a file | lazygit, select the **file**, `i` → Add to .gitignore — this works because the file has to be listed, and an untracked file is |
| un-ignore a file | edit `.gitignore` in a shell and delete the line; there is no un-ignore key |
| edit a file that git has not changed | it is not in lazygit's list, so edit it from a shell |
The reason your earlier attempt worked is that `i` is pressed *on the file being ignored*, and that file was untracked, so it was listed. There is no equivalent for the ignore file itself.
## If you want an editor closer to hand
`t` in `Project>project` gives you `nvim` already opened in the project folder, and `yazi` if you want to browse before choosing a file. Both start in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`, so no `cd` is needed — that is the one thing TUIOS panes save you here.
Nothing was changed by me in this answer; the commands above are for you to run against `TEST-BETA`.
## Source paths observed
- `stashBisectingLOG_LEVELwebsocketnet/http.HTTP/1.1`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git_commands`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
## Evidence
- Confidence: 82%
- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:55:32 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lazygit Files panel only lists changed files; no 'un-ignore' action exists]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Un-ignore files in TEST-BETA (remove lines from .gitignore)]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-13-corrected-impossible-lazygit-instruction-supplied-shell-nvim|Corrected impossible lazygit instruction; supplied shell/nvim and sed workflow to un-ignore files]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/lazygit-gitignore-editing-discovery-sanitized|lazygit .gitignore editing discovery (sanitized)]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-13-01-55-32|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-13 01:55:32]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]]

139
.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations.md
View File

@@ -2298,3 +2298,142 @@ Also: `TEST-BETA-git` is the only session I left running from this. My test sess
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-what-happened-2026-11-13-00-33-43|Rich discovery: what-happened 2026-11-13 00:33:43]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|what-happened]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|what-happened repository structure and configuration patterns]]
---
## Update (2026-11-13 01:28:44)
Trigger: a user wants to re-run a test project (e.g. TEST-BETA) from a clean slate, or a project's tooling state is inconsistent and needs a full restart.
Order matters — do Paperclip project deletion before deleting the folder, because its workspace records point at the path.
1. Kill TUIOS sessions (panes only):
`tuios kill-session <NAME>` and `tuios kill-session <NAME>-git`
2. Delete the Paperclip project record (get UUID from the registry or web UI). API example:
`curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" http://127.0.0.1:3100/api/projects/<uuid>`
Or delete it in the web interface.
3. Remove the folder's tooling dirs but keep content:
`cd <folder>` then `rm -rf .git .gitignore .harness .paperclip .pi`
- .git = history; .gitignore = rules (office writes a fresh one); .harness = office project file/check/notes; .paperclip = Paperclip task worktrees; .pi = Pi project dir/session.
Keep the actual content files if you want the same content to work on again.
4. Remove the registry entry from ~/.config/paperclip-harness/projects.toml. Example for UUID cf776606-...: `sed -i "/<uuid>/,+5d" ~/.config/paperclip-harness/projects.toml`
5. Pi: nothing needs deleting for a fresh run. `~/.pi/sessions/` and `~/.pi/paperclips/` are the audit trail of agent work — deleting them loses the audit history, not the ability to run.
Shortcut: `bin/project-reset <folder> [--dry-run] [--yes] [--delete-folder]` clears TUIOS panes (keeps the shell pane) and git worktrees/branches from Paperclip tasks, but deliberately keeps the Paperclip record and git history. `--delete-folder` is the only destructive option and asks you to type the folder name.
Restart: `office <folder> --new "<NAME>" --session <NAME>` (asks the Y/N question again), or `office <folder> --project "<NAME>" --session <NAME>` to restore only the missing .harness without touching git.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 85%
- Reason: Explicit ordered teardown/restart procedure with commands, caveats about ordering and audit trail — directly reusable by a future agent.
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:28:45 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Reset/tear down a paperclip-harness test project from scratch]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|LazyGit 0.66.2 behaviors: ignores, deleted vs ignored, and unignoring]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-has-2026-11-13-01-28-44|Rich discovery: has 2026-11-13 01:28:44]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|has]]
---
## Update (2026-11-13 01:55:32)
Trigger: user wants files (e.g. TEST1.md, TEST2.md, folder-0/) to stop being ignored so lazygit shows them as untracked.
Prerequisites: shell access in the workspace (TUIOS `Shell>shell` pane, or `t` in `Project>project` for `nvim`); working dir `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`.
Procedure (editor route):
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && nvim .gitignore
# delete the unwanted lines, :wq
```
Once saved, `.gitignore` is modified, lazygit lists it, stage with `space` and commit with `c`.
Procedure (sed route, verified on a scratch copy):
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
sed -i '/^\/TEST1\.md$/d; /^\/TEST2\.md$/d; /^\/folder-0$/d' .gitignore
git diff .gitignore # review before staging
# git add .gitignore && git commit -m "stop ignoring TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0"
```
Validation (measured):
- before: `!! TEST1.md`, `!! TEST2.md`, `!! folder-0/`
- after: `M .gitignore`, `?? TEST1.md`, `?? TEST2.md`, `?? folder-0/`
- `.paperclip` remains ignored (desired).
Notes: `git diff .gitignore` is a safe read; `sed -i` and `git add/commit` mutate the repo. Use `git restore .gitignore` to roll back an uncommitted edit.
## Detailed procedure from completed turn
You are right, and my instruction was impossible as written. **lazygit's Files panel lists only changed files.** Your `.gitignore` is committed and unchanged, so it is not in that list, and there is nothing to put the cursor on and press `e`. `e` needs a selected file, and there isn't one.
That is the same reason `TEST0.md` disappeared from view in your earlier question. The Files panel is not a file browser; it is a list of differences.
## Editing `.gitignore` — from a shell, not from lazygit
You have a shell in every session. From `TEST-BETA`, use the **`Shell>shell`** pane, or `t` in `Project>project` → `shell`, or `t` → `nvim`. One command:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && nvim .gitignore
```
Delete the lines you want gone, `:wq`. Then git sees the file as modified, lazygit lists it, and you can `space` and `c` there as usual.
If you would rather not open an editor, this does exactly the same thing — I ran both on a scratch copy to be sure:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
sed -i '/^\/TEST1\.md$/d; /^\/TEST2\.md$/d; /^\/folder-0$/d' .gitignore
git diff .gitignore # look before staging
git add .gitignore && git commit -m "stop ignoring TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0"
```
Measured result on the copy:
```
before: !! TEST1.md !! TEST2.md !! folder-0/
after: M .gitignore
?? TEST1.md ?? TEST2.md ?? folder-0/
```
`.paperclip` stays, which is what you want. `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md` and `folder-0/` become ordinary untracked files again, visible in lazygit, ready to stage or leave.
## The general rule, stated plainly
| you want to | how |
|---|---|
| ignore a file | lazygit, select the **file**, `i` → Add to .gitignore — this works because the file has to be listed, and an untracked file is |
| un-ignore a file | edit `.gitignore` in a shell and delete the line; there is no un-ignore key |
| edit a file that git has not changed | it is not in lazygit's list, so edit it from a shell |
The reason your earlier attempt worked is that `i` is pressed *on the file being ignored*, and that file was untracked, so it was listed. There is no equivalent for the ignore file itself.
## If you want an editor closer to hand
`t` in `Project>project` gives you `nvim` already opened in the project folder, and `yazi` if you want to browse before choosing a file. Both start in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`, so no `cd` is needed — that is the one thing TUIOS panes save you here.
Nothing was changed by me in this answer; the commands above are for you to run against `TEST-BETA`.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 90%
- Reason: Repeatable, validated procedure with rollback and safe/dangerous step distinction.; enriched with final-answer detail because persistence should be reusable
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:55:32 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lazygit Files panel only lists changed files; no 'un-ignore' action exists]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Un-ignore files in TEST-BETA (remove lines from .gitignore)]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-13-corrected-impossible-lazygit-instruction-supplied-shell-nvim|Corrected impossible lazygit instruction; supplied shell/nvim and sed workflow to un-ignore files]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/lazygit-gitignore-editing-discovery-sanitized|lazygit .gitignore editing discovery (sanitized)]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-13-01-55-32|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-13 01:55:32]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]]

46
.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/lazygit-gitignore-editing-discovery-sanitized.md Normal file
View File

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
---
type: session
id: session.paperclip-harness.lazygit-gitignore-editing-discovery-sanitized
title: lazygit .gitignore editing discovery (sanitized)
status: active
source_of_truth: false
freshness: current
last_reviewed: 2026-11-13
tags:
- pack/paperclip-harness
- agent-memory/session
- session
- lazygit
- gitignore
- TEST-BETA
---
# lazygit .gitignore editing discovery (sanitized)
Discovery snapshot: user found that lazygit offered no way to open `.gitignore` from the Files panel. Investigation showed:
- Files panel = changed files only; `.gitignore` was committed and untouched, hence absent.
- `e` requires a selected listed file; nothing to select.
- Relevant lazygit source refs: `pkg/commands/git_commands.(*FileCommands).GetOpenDirInEditorCmdStr`, `OSCommand.OpenFile`, error `CommandDoesNotSupportOpeningInEditor`.
- Correct approach: edit `.gitignore` from a shell (`Shell>shell` pane or `t` → `nvim` in `Project>project`, which starts in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`), or `sed -i` to strip lines.
- Keyboard/general mapping: ignore a file via lazygit `i` on the file; un-ignore only by editing `.gitignore`; files unchanged in git are not listed in lazygit.
- Workspace `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`; ignore entries of interest: `/TEST1.md`, `/TEST2.md`, `/folder-0`; `.paperclip` intentionally ignored.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 85%
- Reason: Rich, sanitized snapshot consolidating troubleshooting and conventions useful to future agents.
## Related
- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]]
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:55:32 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lazygit Files panel only lists changed files; no 'un-ignore' action exists]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Un-ignore files in TEST-BETA (remove lines from .gitignore)]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-13-corrected-impossible-lazygit-instruction-supplied-shell-nvim|Corrected impossible lazygit instruction; supplied shell/nvim and sed workflow to un-ignore files]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/lazygit-gitignore-editing-discovery-sanitized|lazygit .gitignore editing discovery (sanitized)]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-13-01-55-32|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-13 01:55:32]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]]

125
.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-but-2026-11-13-00-59-34.md Normal file
View File

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
---
type: session
id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-but-2026-11-13-00-59-34
title: Rich discovery: but 2026-11-13 00:59:34
status: active
source_of_truth: false
freshness: current
last_reviewed: 2026-11-13
tags:
- pack/paperclip-harness
- agent-memory/session
- autolearn
- rich-discovery
- repo/but
---
# Rich discovery: but 2026-11-13 00:59:34
Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn.
## Source paths observed
- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harnes`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA/.harness/harness.toml`
## Final answer snapshot
All three faults in that run are fixed, and `TEST-BETA` now exists and is running.
## Why the ignore did not work — my design was wrong
**Adding a file to `.gitignore` does not unstage it.** `office` had run `git add -A` before you got to lazygit, so all five files were already in the index. Your `.gitignore` entries changed nothing about what was staged, and the commit took them:
```
00a6ae7 Test files to ignore
TEST0.md | TEST1.md | TEST2.md | folder-0/TEST3.md | folder-0/TEST4.md
5 files changed
```
The order was backwards. It now stages **nothing**, so the sequence is ignore first, stage second:
```
NOTHING IS STAGED AND NOTHING IS COMMITTED YET, which is the right order:
decide what to leave out first, then stage what is left.
i put the selected file or folder into .gitignore
a stage everything that is left after the ignores
c commit
Ignore first, stage second: a file that is already staged stays staged
even after you ignore it, and would still be committed.
```
Verified: after the gate the folder now reads `?? .gitignore ?? a.md ?? b.md` — untracked, nothing staged.
And `office` now **names** the files that are in the repository but that `.gitignore` says to ignore, which is exactly the state your repository is in right now:
```
warning: .gitignore now names 4 file(s) that are already in the
repository. Ignoring does not untrack them:
TEST1.md TEST2.md folder-0/TEST3.md folder-0/TEST4.md
```
## Why the run then failed — three bugs, all mine
1. **`--no-switch` was passed to the machine that owns the folder**, and that flag suppressed creating the session. Then `board` correctly refused: "no TUIOS session named 'TEST-BETA'". The flag exists to stop a program moving your client; it was never meant to stop the session being made. No longer passed.
2. **The crash you saw** (`AttributeError` on `out.stderr`) happened because, when the run is interactive, `ssh` is not asked to capture output, so there was no stderr to quote. It now reports the exit code cleanly.
3. `office` promised an attach line even when no session was built. Fixed earlier; confirmed again here.
Verified from `.27` against a folder on `.13`: the session is created on `.13`, eight panes, and the attach line is printed once, at the end, only because the panes exist.
## `TEST-BETA` is created and running
I ran it to completion so you can see the whole thing work:
```
project TEST-BETA cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b
git_repo · defaultRef main · isolated_workspace · git_worktree · base main
session TEST-BETA 8 panes on .13 — board, work, agents, reply, new, project, repair
all running the harness; shell is a shell
```
```sh
tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA
```
## Two things for you
**The four files are still in the first commit.** Nothing is pushed, so it is safe to correct. In the project session press `g` for lazygit, or from any shell:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
git rm --cached -r TEST1.md TEST2.md folder-0
git commit --amend --no-edit
git status --short # they should now be gone, and not shown as deleted
```
That removes them from tracking while leaving the files on disk. Say the word and I will run it.
**`TEST-BETA-git`** — yes, you can remove it now; the project session has `g` for lazygit, so the separate session has no job left:
```sh
tuios kill-session TEST-BETA-git
```
I left it running in case you want to do the `git rm --cached` from there.
Committed: `paperclip-harness` `1586da6`, pushed, copies current on `.13`, `.27`, `.51`.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 86%
- Reason: Preserve full sanitized discovery detail from a rich investigation turn
## Related
- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]]
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 00:59:34 -->
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-but-2026-11-13-00-59-34|Rich discovery: but 2026-11-13 00:59:34]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|but]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/lazygit-ignore-menu-behavior|but repository structure and configuration patterns]]

158
.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-has-2026-11-13-01-28-44.md Normal file
View File

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
---
type: session
id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-has-2026-11-13-01-28-44
title: Rich discovery: has 2026-11-13 01:28:44
status: active
source_of_truth: false
freshness: current
last_reviewed: 2026-11-13
tags:
- pack/paperclip-harness
- agent-memory/session
- autolearn
- rich-discovery
- repo/has
---
# Rich discovery: has 2026-11-13 01:28:44
Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn.
## Source paths observed
- `usr/bin/env`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
- `string/proc/sys/kernel/hostname2006-01-02T15`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git_commands`
- `debug/info/warn/error`
- `2222/sam/TEST-BETA.git`
- `3100/api/projects/cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b`
- `.config/paperclip-harness/projects.toml`
## Final answer snapshot
Your repository is actually in the state you wanted. Here it is, measured just now:
```
$ cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && git log --oneline
a3a5456 Ignoring files
044d71b Test files to ignore
tracked: .gitignore TEST0.md
ignored: TEST1.md TEST2.md folder-0/
status: clean
```
`git rm --cached` worked. TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0 are out of the index, still on disk, and now ignored.
## Why lazygit shows you nothing
Three different reasons, and none of them is deletion:
| what | where it is |
|---|---|
| **Files panel lists changed files only.** After a commit nothing is changed, so the panel is empty. | `TEST0.md` is committed and unchanged, so it is not listed. That is normal. |
| **Ignored files are never shown.** Not by lazygit, and not by `git status` either. | `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md`, `folder-0/` still exist; git and lazygit both hide them. |
To see `TEST0.md`, go to the **Commits** panel, select `044d71b Test files to ignore`, and its files are listed. That is where committed files live. To see the ignored ones you have to ask git directly:
```sh
git status --ignored --short
```
I checked the lazygit build for a "show ignored" toggle: there isn't one in 0.66.2. Ignored means invisible there, by design.
**"Deleted" does not mean ignored.** They are unrelated:
- **deleted** — the file was tracked and is gone from the working tree
- **ignored** — the file is untracked and matches a rule in `.gitignore`, so git pretends it does not exist
- **`git rm --cached`** — stops tracking it, **keeps the file**. That is what you wanted, and that is what happened.
## Taking a line back out of `.gitignore` in lazygit
Yes, lazygit can do it. There is no "unignore" key because ignoring is only a line in a file:
1. Files panel, select `.gitignore`
2. `e` — opens it in your editor
3. delete the line, save and quit (`:wq` in nvim)
4. `space` to stage the change, `c` to commit
That is the only way, in lazygit or anywhere: the rule is text in a file. The `i` menu only *adds*.
## No remote — correct, and not a problem
Worktrees, reviews and merges are all local; nothing needs a remote. If you want a backup copy on Gitea, the repository has to exist there first, then:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
git remote add origin ssh://git@gitea.lab.audasmedia.com.au:2222/sam/TEST-BETA.git
git push -u origin main
```
Say so and I will create the Gitea repository.
## One thing missing right now
Your full reset removed `.harness/`, so the panes will complain (`no .harness/harness.toml … run bin/office first`). Re-running office restores only that — it does not touch git:
```sh
office ~/TEST-BETA --project "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA
```
## Starting the whole thing over
Delete in this order, and note what each thing is:
**1. TUIOS sessions** (the panes; nothing else lives there)
```sh
tuios kill-session TEST-BETA
tuios kill-session TEST-BETA-git
```
**2. Paperclip project** (the record in the database, `cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b`)
```sh
curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer [REDACTED_SECRET]" \
http://127.0.0.1:3100/api/projects/cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b
```
Or delete it in the web interface. Do this **before** removing the folder: its workspace records point at the path.
**3. The folder's tooling directories**
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
rm -rf .git .gitignore .harness .paperclip .pi
```
- `.git` — the history, so git-forget everything and start from nothing
- `.gitignore` — the rules; office writes a fresh one
- `.harness` — office's own project file, check command and notes
- `.paperclip` — Paperclip's task worktrees, if any task has run
- `.pi` — Pi's project directory, if a Pi session ran there
Keep `TEST0.md`, `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md`, `folder-0/` if you want the same content to work on again.
**4. The registry entry** (where office remembers which session a folder belongs to)
```sh
sed -i "/cf776606-f20c-43c8-90c5-56452486911b/,+5d" ~/.config/paperclip-harness/projects.toml
```
`bin/project-reset <folder>` does steps 1 and the worktree cleanup for you, but it deliberately keeps the Paperclip record and the git history — it is for clearing the machinery, not for starting from nothing.
**5. Pi** — nothing to delete for a fresh run. Its conversation history in `~/.pi/sessions/` and `~/.pi/paperclips/` is the record of what agents did; deleting it loses the audit trail, not the ability to run.
After that, `office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA` starts again from the Y/N question, and now the order is right: nothing is staged, you decide the ignores, then you stage and commit.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 86%
- Reason: Preserve full sanitized discovery detail from a rich investigation turn
## Related
- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]]
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:28:45 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Reset/tear down a paperclip-harness test project from scratch]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|LazyGit 0.66.2 behaviors: ignores, deleted vs ignored, and unignoring]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-has-2026-11-13-01-28-44|Rich discovery: has 2026-11-13 01:28:44]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|has]]

97
.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-13-01-55-32.md Normal file
View File

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
---
type: session
id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-home-2026-11-13-01-55-32
title: Rich discovery: home 2026-11-13 01:55:32
status: active
source_of_truth: false
freshness: current
last_reviewed: 2026-11-13
tags:
- pack/paperclip-harness
- agent-memory/session
- autolearn
- rich-discovery
- repo/home
---
# Rich discovery: home 2026-11-13 01:55:32
Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn.
## Source paths observed
- `stashBisectingLOG_LEVELwebsocketnet/http.HTTP/1.1`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git_commands`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands`
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
## Final answer snapshot
You are right, and my instruction was impossible as written. **lazygit's Files panel lists only changed files.** Your `.gitignore` is committed and unchanged, so it is not in that list, and there is nothing to put the cursor on and press `e`. `e` needs a selected file, and there isn't one.
That is the same reason `TEST0.md` disappeared from view in your earlier question. The Files panel is not a file browser; it is a list of differences.
## Editing `.gitignore` — from a shell, not from lazygit
You have a shell in every session. From `TEST-BETA`, use the **`Shell>shell`** pane, or `t` in `Project>project` → `shell`, or `t` → `nvim`. One command:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA && nvim .gitignore
```
Delete the lines you want gone, `:wq`. Then git sees the file as modified, lazygit lists it, and you can `space` and `c` there as usual.
If you would rather not open an editor, this does exactly the same thing — I ran both on a scratch copy to be sure:
```sh
cd /home/sam/TEST-BETA
sed -i '/^\/TEST1\.md$/d; /^\/TEST2\.md$/d; /^\/folder-0$/d' .gitignore
git diff .gitignore # look before staging
git add .gitignore && git commit -m "stop ignoring TEST1, TEST2 and folder-0"
```
Measured result on the copy:
```
before: !! TEST1.md !! TEST2.md !! folder-0/
after: M .gitignore
?? TEST1.md ?? TEST2.md ?? folder-0/
```
`.paperclip` stays, which is what you want. `TEST1.md`, `TEST2.md` and `folder-0/` become ordinary untracked files again, visible in lazygit, ready to stage or leave.
## The general rule, stated plainly
| you want to | how |
|---|---|
| ignore a file | lazygit, select the **file**, `i` → Add to .gitignore — this works because the file has to be listed, and an untracked file is |
| un-ignore a file | edit `.gitignore` in a shell and delete the line; there is no un-ignore key |
| edit a file that git has not changed | it is not in lazygit's list, so edit it from a shell |
The reason your earlier attempt worked is that `i` is pressed *on the file being ignored*, and that file was untracked, so it was listed. There is no equivalent for the ignore file itself.
## If you want an editor closer to hand
`t` in `Project>project` gives you `nvim` already opened in the project folder, and `yazi` if you want to browse before choosing a file. Both start in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`, so no `cd` is needed — that is the one thing TUIOS panes save you here.
Nothing was changed by me in this answer; the commands above are for you to run against `TEST-BETA`.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 86%
- Reason: Preserve full sanitized discovery detail from a rich investigation turn
## Related
- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]]
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-13 01:55:32 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|lazygit Files panel only lists changed files; no 'un-ignore' action exists]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Un-ignore files in TEST-BETA (remove lines from .gitignore)]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-13-corrected-impossible-lazygit-instruction-supplied-shell-nvim|Corrected impossible lazygit instruction; supplied shell/nvim and sed workflow to un-ignore files]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/lazygit-gitignore-editing-discovery-sanitized|lazygit .gitignore editing discovery (sanitized)]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-13-01-55-32|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-13 01:55:32]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]]

4
bin/office
View File

@@ -403,7 +403,9 @@ COMMANDS
board --folder <folder> the same, for another project
board --replace close this project's panes, then build all eight again
board --reset close every pane in the session, then build
project-reset <folder> forget the session and start this project again
project-reset <folder> clear the panes and the worktrees, keep the history
project-delete <folder> remove the sessions, the Paperclip project, .git and the dot files
(says what would go; add --yes to do it)
merge <task> rebase, check, review and merge one task (asks first)
review <task> [--post] run ocr over one task's diff, and record the verdict
triage <task> [--ask next|failure] ask Mouse-1 one question about a task

185
bin/project-delete Executable file
View File

@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Remove every trace of a project, and nothing else.
bin/project-delete <folder> # say what would go, change nothing
bin/project-delete <folder> --yes # do it
What it removes, in this order:
1. the TUIOS session for the project, and any <session>-git helper session
2. the Paperclip project, with its workspace records
3. the registry line in ~/.config/paperclip-harness/projects.toml
4. the folder's own machinery: .git, .gitignore, .harness, .paperclip, .pi
What it keeps unless you also pass --delete-folder: the folder and every
ordinary file in it, so the work survives and can be adopted again.
This is the destructive one. `project-reset` is the gentle one: it clears the
panes and the worktrees and keeps the Paperclip history.
"""
import json
import os
import shutil
import subprocess
import sys
HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(HERE, "lib"))
import harness as h # noqa: E402
import project as pj # noqa: E402
import tuios # noqa: E402
MACHINERY = [".git", ".gitignore", ".harness", ".paperclip", ".pi"]
def parse(argv):
opts = {"folder": "", "yes": False, "delete_folder": False}
for a in argv:
if a == "--yes" or a == "-y":
opts["yes"] = True
elif a == "--delete-folder":
opts["delete_folder"] = True
elif not a.startswith("-"):
opts["folder"] = a
return opts
def sessions_for(session):
"""The project's session and the helper session office may have made."""
have = tuios.sessions()
out = []
for name in (session, session + "-git"):
if name in have:
out.append(name)
return out
def drop_registry(project_id):
"""Remove one project's block from the registry, and nothing else."""
path = pj.REGISTRY
if not os.path.exists(path) or not project_id:
return False
keep, skip = [], False
with open(path) as fh:
for line in fh:
if line.startswith("[projects."):
skip = project_id in line
if not skip:
keep.append(line)
with open(path, "w") as fh:
fh.writelines(keep)
return True
def main():
opts = parse(sys.argv[1:])
if not opts["folder"]:
h.say(__doc__.strip())
return 2
folder = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(opts["folder"]))
if not os.path.isdir(folder):
raise h.Refused(2, "no folder at %s" % folder)
cfg = {}
if pj.exists(folder):
try:
cfg = pj.load(folder)
except Exception:
# A half-written project file must not stop the removal: it is one
# of the things being removed.
cfg = {}
session = cfg.get("session") or os.path.basename(folder)
project_id = (cfg.get("paperclip") or {}).get("project", "")
project_name = (cfg.get("paperclip") or {}).get("name", "")
# Every project that claims this folder, not just the one the project file
# remembers. Adopting the same folder twice leaves more than one behind, and
# deleting only the last one leaves the rest pointing at a folder that has
# been cleared out.
projects = []
if project_id:
projects.append((project_id, project_name))
try:
for p in h.api("GET", "/api/companies/%s/projects" % h.COMPANY):
for w in (p.get("workspaces") or []):
if (w.get("cwd") or "").rstrip("/") == folder.rstrip("/"):
pair = (p.get("id"), p.get("name"))
if pair[0] and pair[0] not in [x[0] for x in projects]:
projects.append(pair)
break
except Exception:
pass
doomed_sessions = sessions_for(session)
dotfiles = [d for d in MACHINERY if os.path.exists(os.path.join(folder, d))]
h.say("folder %s" % folder)
if projects:
for pid, pname in projects:
h.say("project %s %s" % (pname or "(no name)", pid))
else:
h.say("project (none found)")
h.say("sessions %s" % (", ".join(doomed_sessions) if doomed_sessions else "(none)"))
h.say("files %s" % (", ".join(dotfiles) if dotfiles else "(none)"))
h.say("keeps every ordinary file in the folder%s"
% ("" if not opts["delete_folder"] else " — EXCEPT the folder itself, --delete-folder"))
if not (doomed_sessions or projects or dotfiles or opts["delete_folder"]):
h.say("")
h.say("nothing to remove.")
return 0
if not opts["yes"]:
h.say("")
h.say("nothing was changed. Add --yes to do it.")
return 0
# 1. sessions
for name in doomed_sessions:
out = subprocess.run(["tuios", "kill-session", name],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=120)
h.say(" killed session %s%s" % (name, "" if out.returncode == 0 else " (refused)"))
# 2. the Paperclip projects
for pid, pname in projects:
try:
h.api("DELETE", "/api/projects/%s" % pid)
h.say(" deleted the Paperclip project %s" % (pname or pid))
except h.Refused as exc:
h.say(" could not delete %s: %s" % (pname or pid, exc))
# 3. the registry
for pid, _ in projects:
if drop_registry(pid):
h.say(" removed %s from %s" % (pid, pj.REGISTRY))
# 4. the folder's machinery
for name in dotfiles:
path = os.path.join(folder, name)
if os.path.isdir(path) and not os.path.islink(path):
shutil.rmtree(path, ignore_errors=True)
else:
try:
os.remove(path)
except OSError:
pass
h.say(" removed %s" % os.path.join(folder, name))
# 5. the folder itself, only when asked
if opts["delete_folder"]:
h.say("")
h.say("This removes the folder and every file in it: %s" % folder)
if sys.stdin.isatty():
typed = input(" type the folder name to confirm: ").strip()
if typed != os.path.basename(folder):
raise h.Refused(2, "not confirmed, nothing further was removed")
shutil.rmtree(folder, ignore_errors=True)
h.say(" removed the folder")
h.say("")
h.say("done.")
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
h.main_guard(main)