office: put the attach instruction before the key list, so the next step is the first thing printed
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@@ -314,3 +314,83 @@ you Y or N, write the `.gitignore`, and stop so you can commit it in lazygit you
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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---
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## Update (2026-11-12 23:54:31)
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## Rich discovery update (2026-11-12 23:54:31)
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You followed the instructions correctly. The confusing part was a real gap, and I have closed it.
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## Yes — the git work has to happen on `.13`
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Not because of the interface, but because of what a commit and a worktree *are*: the files, the `.git` directory, the worktree Paperclip creates and the agent that runs in it are all on the machine that holds the folder. `office` ran on `.13` over ssh, so the staged files are on `.13`.
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What was missing is that nothing let you *get* to `.13` from TUIOS for that one step. The `g` key that opens lazygit lives in a pane, and there were no panes yet — that is the circle you hit.
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## What it does now
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When the folder cannot hold a worktree yet, `office` makes a **session on the machine that owns the folder**, with lazygit already open in that folder, and tells you how to attach:
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```
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A session called 'TEST-BETA-git' now holds lazygit in that folder.
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Attach to it, stage and commit, then come back and repeat the command:
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tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA-git
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When you are done with it: tuios kill-session TEST-BETA-git
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```
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So the sequence from `.27` is entirely in TUIOS:
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1. `office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA --host nixos-desktop`
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2. `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA-git` — lazygit, already in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`
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3. `i` to ignore what you do not want, `space` to stage, `c` to commit
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4. detach, and run the same command again — now there is a commit, so it creates the project with worktrees
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5. `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA` — the eight pages, and from then on `g` gives you lazygit in a pane whenever you want it
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Verified end to end just now: the session opens, the pane's working directory is the folder, and the process in it is `lazygit`. The attach line says `--host` when you are on another machine and omits it when you are not.
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## Your existing staged folder
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`/home/sam/TEST-BETA` is already a repository with everything staged. Re-run the same command; it will say it is still not committed, re-stage (nothing changes) and this time open the lazygit session:
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```sh
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office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA --host nixos-desktop
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```
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## Two bugs found while doing this
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**1. A pushed copy was overwriting the canonical machine's `office`.** When you ran `office … --host nixos-desktop` from `.27`, the copy that `.27` sent to `.13` also replaced `~/.local/bin/office` **on `.13`** — so from then on, `.13`'s own command ran `.27`'s older copy. That is why my first fix appeared to do nothing. The wrapper is now only written when there is no working one there.
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**2. The `.13` wrapper now points at the repository again**, and the copy at `~/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/` is refreshed from the repo, so the two agree.
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## One thing I want to name plainly
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The two-step exists because a project's worktree policy is fixed when the project is created, and a worktree needs a commit to cut from. The alternative — create it in place now, add worktrees later — is not available in Paperclip. So the honest choice is: commit first, create second. The tool now does everything it can to make step one reachable from where you are sitting, but it will not commit your files for you.
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Committed: `paperclip-harness` `c53f37d`, pushed, and the copies on `.13`, `.27` and `.51` are updated.
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## Source paths observed
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- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office`
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- `home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/office`
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- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
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- `.local/bin/office`
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- `.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin`
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 84%
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- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 23:54:31 -->
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|paperclip-harness office: commit-first bootstrap gap and host-aware lazygit session]]
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Create a paperclip-harness project when the folder is staged but uncommitted]]
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- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness c53f37d: lazygit bootstrap session on folder-owning host; wrapper overwrite fixed]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-lazygit-bootstrap-session-fix-and-cross-ma|paperclip-harness: lazygit bootstrap session fix and cross-machine wrapper bugs]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-23-54-31|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 23:54:31]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
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@@ -1354,3 +1354,29 @@ Validation: verified end-to-end against a folder on `.13` driven from `.27`; che
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44|Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|now]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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---
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## Update (2026-11-12 23:54:31)
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Completed in `paperclip-harness`:
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- Added `open_git_session(folder, session, opts)` (and supporting changes) to `bin/office`: when a folder cannot yet hold worktrees, create TUIOS session `<session>-git` running `lazygit` in that folder on the folder-owning host, and print host-aware `tuios attach`/`kill-session` plus the repeat command.
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- Fixed wrapper overwrite: the pushed copy no longer replaces a working `~/.local/bin/office` on the canonical machine; `.13` wrapper restored to `exec /home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/office "$@"` and `~/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` refreshed from repo.
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- Validated: session opens; pane `cwd` = target folder (`/tmp/gitsess5`); process = `lazygit`; attach line shows `--host` for remote, omits locally; test sessions `gitsess4-git`, `gitsess5-git`, `ghost-git` cleaned up.
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- Committed `c53f37d` ("office: open a lazygit session on the machine that owns the folder, and stop overwriting a working wrapper"), pushed `fd71837..c53f37d` to `main`, copies updated on `.13`, `.27`, `.51`.
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- Follow-up for user: `/home/sam/TEST-BETA` still uncommitted; re-run `office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA --host nixos-desktop`, commit in `TEST-BETA-git`, re-run to create worktrees.
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 90%
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- Reason: Concrete completed deliverable with commit, artifacts, and validation.
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 23:54:31 -->
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|paperclip-harness office: commit-first bootstrap gap and host-aware lazygit session]]
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Create a paperclip-harness project when the folder is staged but uncommitted]]
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- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness c53f37d: lazygit bootstrap session on folder-owning host; wrapper overwrite fixed]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-lazygit-bootstrap-session-fix-and-cross-ma|paperclip-harness: lazygit bootstrap session fix and cross-machine wrapper bugs]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-23-54-31|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 23:54:31]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
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@@ -7114,3 +7114,184 @@ Committed: `paperclip-harness` `fd71837`, pushed, and copied to `.27` and `.51`.
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-would-2026-11-12-23-34-09|Rich discovery: would 2026-11-12 23:34:09]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|would]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|would repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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---
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## Update (2026-11-12 23:54:31)
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Observed in `bin/office` (repo `/home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness`):
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- When the target folder is a git repo with everything staged but nothing committed, `office` refuses to create the project (exit 2) with message "the project was not created: commit the staged files, then run this again." It previously just printed instructions referencing the `g` pane key, which is unreachable because no project/panes exist yet.
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- After commit `c53f37d`, that path calls `open_git_session(folder, session, opts)` which creates TUIOS session `<session>-git` running `lazygit` in the folder on the machine that owns the folder (the ssh host given by `--host`), and prints attach/kill/repeat commands.
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- Attach instructions are host-aware: `tuios attach --host <host> <session>-git` when remote, `tuios attach <session>-git` when local. Related existing helpers in the same file: `ensure_session_quiet(session, folder)`, `prepare_git(folder, opts, session)`, `repeat_command(folder, opts)`, `h.say`, `h.Refused(code, msg)`.
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- Staged state guidance text mentions `lazygit` keys: `i` = add selected file/folder to .gitignore, `space` = stage/unstage, `e` = edit file, `c` = commit, `?` = all keys. String "Everything is staged and nothing is committed" appears once (around line 605-620).
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- Design constraint: Paperclip fixes worktree policy at project creation and worktrees need a commit to cut from, so in-place-create-then-add-worktrees is not available; commit-first is the only path.
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 90%
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- Reason: Concrete source-path and behavior details discovered in this turn.
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---
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## Update (2026-11-12 23:54:31)
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Bug found and fixed in this turn: when `office … --host nixos-desktop` was run from `.27`, the copy `.27` pushed to `.13` replaced `~/.local/bin/office` on `.13` itself, so on `.13` the command ran `.27`'s older copy — masking a fix. Now the wrapper is written only when there is no working one.
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Canonical machine `.13` layout after repair:
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- `~/.local/bin/office` wrapper: `exec /home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/office "$@"` (the `exit 2` in the wrapper is a guard before this line).
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- `~/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` is refreshed from the repo so both copies agree (md5 `4a0d29ab2302aecbb5d2b2330d2291e0` when checked).
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- Known machines updated with copies: `.13`, `.27`, `.51`; repo remote `main` pushed to `c53f37d`.
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Operational caveat: never let a remote/pushed copy overwrite the canonical machine's own wrapper — that silently changes which binary a machine executes.
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 90%
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- Reason: Evidence-backed operational caveat and concrete host layout.
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---
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## Update (2026-11-12 23:54:31)
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Business/architecture rule: for `office --new`, a Paperclip project's worktree policy is fixed at creation time and a worktree requires a commit to branch from. Therefore creating a project with worktrees is a two-step flow: (1) make/ stage a git repo in the folder and commit, (2) re-run the same `office` command to create the project with worktrees. `office` will not commit for the user; it only makes the step reachable (via a `<session>-git` TUIOS session with lazygit on the folder-owning host). Everything (files, `.git`, worktrees, agent) lives on the machine that owns the folder.
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## Detailed observations from completed turn
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You followed the instructions correctly. The confusing part was a real gap, and I have closed it.
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## Yes — the git work has to happen on `.13`
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Not because of the interface, but because of what a commit and a worktree *are*: the files, the `.git` directory, the worktree Paperclip creates and the agent that runs in it are all on the machine that holds the folder. `office` ran on `.13` over ssh, so the staged files are on `.13`.
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What was missing is that nothing let you *get* to `.13` from TUIOS for that one step. The `g` key that opens lazygit lives in a pane, and there were no panes yet — that is the circle you hit.
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## What it does now
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When the folder cannot hold a worktree yet, `office` makes a **session on the machine that owns the folder**, with lazygit already open in that folder, and tells you how to attach:
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```
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A session called 'TEST-BETA-git' now holds lazygit in that folder.
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Attach to it, stage and commit, then come back and repeat the command:
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tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA-git
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When you are done with it: tuios kill-session TEST-BETA-git
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```
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So the sequence from `.27` is entirely in TUIOS:
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1. `office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA --host nixos-desktop`
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2. `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA-git` — lazygit, already in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`
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3. `i` to ignore what you do not want, `space` to stage, `c` to commit
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4. detach, and run the same command again — now there is a commit, so it creates the project with worktrees
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5. `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA` — the eight pages, and from then on `g` gives you lazygit in a pane whenever you want it
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Verified end to end just now: the session opens, the pane's working directory is the folder, and the process in it is `lazygit`. The attach line says `--host` when you are on another machine and omits it when you are not.
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## Your existing staged folder
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`/home/sam/TEST-BETA` is already a repository with everything staged. Re-run the same command; it will say it is still not committed, re-stage (nothing changes) and this time open the lazygit session:
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```sh
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office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA --host nixos-desktop
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```
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## Two bugs found while doing this
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**1. A pushed copy was overwriting the canonical machine's `office`.** When you ran `office … --host nixos-desktop` from `.27`, the copy that `.27` sent to `.13` also replaced `~/.local/bin/office` **on `.13`** — so from then on, `.13`'s own command ran `.27`'s older copy. That is why my first fix appeared to do nothing. The wrapper is now only written when there is no working one there.
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**2. The `.13` wrapper now points at the repository again**, and the copy at `~/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/` is refreshed from the repo, so the two agree.
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## One thing I want to name plainly
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The two-step exists because a project's worktree policy is fixed when the project is created, and a worktree needs a commit to cut from. The alternative — create it in place now, add worktrees later — is not available in Paperclip. So the honest choice is: commit first, create second. The tool now does everything it can to make step one reachable from where you are sitting, but it will not commit your files for you.
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Committed: `paperclip-harness` `c53f37d`, pushed, and the copies on `.13`, `.27` and `.51` are updated.
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 85%
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- Reason: Core rule stated with rationale in final answer.; enriched with final-answer detail because persistence should be reusable
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---
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## Update (2026-11-12 23:54:31)
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## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-12 23:54:31)
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You followed the instructions correctly. The confusing part was a real gap, and I have closed it.
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## Yes — the git work has to happen on `.13`
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Not because of the interface, but because of what a commit and a worktree *are*: the files, the `.git` directory, the worktree Paperclip creates and the agent that runs in it are all on the machine that holds the folder. `office` ran on `.13` over ssh, so the staged files are on `.13`.
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What was missing is that nothing let you *get* to `.13` from TUIOS for that one step. The `g` key that opens lazygit lives in a pane, and there were no panes yet — that is the circle you hit.
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## What it does now
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When the folder cannot hold a worktree yet, `office` makes a **session on the machine that owns the folder**, with lazygit already open in that folder, and tells you how to attach:
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```
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A session called 'TEST-BETA-git' now holds lazygit in that folder.
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Attach to it, stage and commit, then come back and repeat the command:
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tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA-git
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When you are done with it: tuios kill-session TEST-BETA-git
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```
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So the sequence from `.27` is entirely in TUIOS:
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1. `office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA --host nixos-desktop`
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2. `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA-git` — lazygit, already in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`
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3. `i` to ignore what you do not want, `space` to stage, `c` to commit
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4. detach, and run the same command again — now there is a commit, so it creates the project with worktrees
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5. `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA` — the eight pages, and from then on `g` gives you lazygit in a pane whenever you want it
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Verified end to end just now: the session opens, the pane's working directory is the folder, and the process in it is `lazygit`. The attach line says `--host` when you are on another machine and omits it when you are not.
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## Your existing staged folder
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`/home/sam/TEST-BETA` is already a repository with everything staged. Re-run the same command; it will say it is still not committed, re-stage (nothing changes) and this time open the lazygit session:
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```sh
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office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA --host nixos-desktop
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```
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## Two bugs found while doing this
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**1. A pushed copy was overwriting the canonical machine's `office`.** When you ran `office … --host nixos-desktop` from `.27`, the copy that `.27` sent to `.13` also replaced `~/.local/bin/office` **on `.13`** — so from then on, `.13`'s own command ran `.27`'s older copy. That is why my first fix appeared to do nothing. The wrapper is now only written when there is no working one there.
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**2. The `.13` wrapper now points at the repository again**, and the copy at `~/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/` is refreshed from the repo, so the two agree.
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## One thing I want to name plainly
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The two-step exists because a project's worktree policy is fixed when the project is created, and a worktree needs a commit to cut from. The alternative — create it in place now, add worktrees later — is not available in Paperclip. So the honest choice is: commit first, create second. The tool now does everything it can to make step one reachable from where you are sitting, but it will not commit your files for you.
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Committed: `paperclip-harness` `c53f37d`, pushed, and the copies on `.13`, `.27` and `.51` are updated.
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## Source paths observed
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- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office`
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- `home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/office`
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- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
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- `.local/bin/office`
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- `.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin`
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 82%
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- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 23:54:31 -->
|
||||
|
||||
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|paperclip-harness office: commit-first bootstrap gap and host-aware lazygit session]]
|
||||
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Create a paperclip-harness project when the folder is staged but uncommitted]]
|
||||
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness c53f37d: lazygit bootstrap session on folder-owning host; wrapper overwrite fixed]]
|
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-lazygit-bootstrap-session-fix-and-cross-ma|paperclip-harness: lazygit bootstrap session fix and cross-machine wrapper bugs]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-23-54-31|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 23:54:31]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
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@@ -2175,3 +2175,39 @@ Caveats: verify folder ownership/guard uses remote host, not local machine (bug
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44|Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|now]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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|
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---
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## Update (2026-11-12 23:54:31)
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Trigger: `office <folder> --new "<name>" --session <name> --host <host>` exits 2: "the project was not created: commit the staged files, then run this again."
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Prerequisites: TUIOS reachable on the target host; the folder already a git repo on the machine that owns it.
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Steps (run from any machine, e.g. `.27`):
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1. Run `office ~/<NAME> --new "<NAME>" --session <NAME> --host <host>`. It prints something like:
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`A session called '<NAME>-git' now holds lazygit in that folder.`
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`tuios attach --host <host> <NAME>-git` (no `--host` if you are on that machine)
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2. `tuios attach [--host <host>] <NAME>-git` — lazygit opens in the folder. Use `i` to ignore unwanted paths, `space` to stage, `c` to commit, `?` for keys.
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3. Detach, run `tuios kill-session <NAME>-git` when done.
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4. Re-run the exact same `office` command; now it creates the project with worktrees.
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5. `tuios attach [--host <host>] <NAME>` for the TUIOS pages; afterward the `g` key opens lazygit in a pane normally.
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Safe/dangerous: committing is the user's step — never let tooling auto-commit. Rollback: none needed; an uncommitted repo can be re-staged.
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Troubleshooting: if a fix "does nothing", check which wrapper is being executed on the target host — a pushed copy may have overwritten `~/.local/bin/office` there (see cross-machine wrapper hazard). Serve lazygit calls in the folder but status says staged: re-run the same final repeat command; restaging is idempotent.
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 90%
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- Reason: Repeatable procedure distilled from the final answer's numbered sequence and printed messages.
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 23:54:31 -->
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|
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|paperclip-harness office: commit-first bootstrap gap and host-aware lazygit session]]
|
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Create a paperclip-harness project when the folder is staged but uncommitted]]
|
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- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness c53f37d: lazygit bootstrap session on folder-owning host; wrapper overwrite fixed]]
|
||||
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-lazygit-bootstrap-session-fix-and-cross-ma|paperclip-harness: lazygit bootstrap session fix and cross-machine wrapper bugs]]
|
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-23-54-31|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 23:54:31]]
|
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
|
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|
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@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
|
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---
|
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type: session
|
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id: session.paperclip-harness.paperclip-harness-lazygit-bootstrap-session-fix-and-cross-ma
|
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title: paperclip-harness: lazygit bootstrap session fix and cross-machine wrapper bugs
|
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status: active
|
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source_of_truth: false
|
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freshness: current
|
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last_reviewed: 2026-11-12
|
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tags:
|
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- pack/paperclip-harness
|
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- agent-memory/session
|
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- paperclip-harness
|
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- office
|
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- lazygit
|
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- tuios
|
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- worktrees
|
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- cross-machine
|
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- wrapper
|
||||
- session
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
# paperclip-harness: lazygit bootstrap session fix and cross-machine wrapper bugs
|
||||
|
||||
Discovery/implementation snapshot for repo `paperclip-harness` (path on canonical machine: `/home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness`).
|
||||
|
||||
Problem reported: running `office ~/TEST-BETA --new ... --host nixos-desktop` from another machine (`.27`) exited 2 with "the project was not created: commit the staged files". Cause: no TUIOS pane existed, so the `g`-key lazygit pane was unreachable — chicken-and-egg: commit required lazygit, lazygit required a pane, panes only exist after a project is created.
|
||||
|
||||
Root explanation captured in answer: git work (commit, `.git`, worktrees, agent) must happen on the machine that owns the folder (`.13` / nixos-desktop), because `office` ran there over ssh. Worktree policy is fixed at project creation and a worktree needs a commit to cut from, so the sequence is necessarily commit-first, create-second.
|
||||
|
||||
Fix implemented in `bin/office` (new commit `c53f37d`, message: "office: open a lazygit session on the machine that owns the folder, and stop overwriting a working wrapper"). New function `open_git_session(folder, session, opts)` creates a TUIOS session named `<session>-git` already running `lazygit` with cwd = the folder, and prints machine-correct instructions: `tuios attach --host <host> <session>-git` when the user is on another machine, plain `tuios attach <session>-git` when local, plus `tuios kill-session <session>-git` and the repeat command.
|
||||
|
||||
Verified end-to-end: session opened, pane cwd = `/tmp/gitsess5`, running process = `lazygit`; attach line includes `--host` when remote, omits when local. Test sessions `gitsess4-git`, `gitsess5-git`, `ghost-git` were created and killed during validation.
|
||||
|
||||
Two bugs found: (1) the pushed copy sent from `.27` to `.13` overwrote `~/.local/bin/office` on `.13`, so `.13`'s own command ran `.27`'s older copy (this masked the first fix attempt); wrapper is now only written when no working one exists. (2) `.13` wrapper restored to point at the repo (`exec /home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/office "$@"`) and the copy at `~/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` refreshed from the repo so both agree (binary md5 `4a0d29ab2302aecbb5d2b2330d2291e0` at time of check).
|
||||
|
||||
Delivery: pushed to `main` (`fd71837..c53f37d`), copies updated on `.13`, `.27`, `.51`.
|
||||
|
||||
User's staged folder `/home/sam/TEST-BETA` remains an uncommitted repo; prescribed recovery: re-run `office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA --host nixos-desktop`, attach to `TEST-BETA-git`, stage/commit, re-run to create worktrees.
|
||||
|
||||
## Evidence
|
||||
|
||||
- Confidence: 90%
|
||||
- Reason: Dense, evidence-backed discovery+implementation snapshot from the final answer and tool outputs.
|
||||
|
||||
## Related
|
||||
|
||||
- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]]
|
||||
|
||||
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 23:54:31 -->
|
||||
|
||||
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|paperclip-harness office: commit-first bootstrap gap and host-aware lazygit session]]
|
||||
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Create a paperclip-harness project when the folder is staged but uncommitted]]
|
||||
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness c53f37d: lazygit bootstrap session on folder-owning host; wrapper overwrite fixed]]
|
||||
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-lazygit-bootstrap-session-fix-and-cross-ma|paperclip-harness: lazygit bootstrap session fix and cross-machine wrapper bugs]]
|
||||
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-23-54-31|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 23:54:31]]
|
||||
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
type: session
|
||||
id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-23-54-31
|
||||
title: Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 23:54:31
|
||||
status: active
|
||||
source_of_truth: false
|
||||
freshness: current
|
||||
last_reviewed: 2026-11-12
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- pack/paperclip-harness
|
||||
- agent-memory/session
|
||||
- autolearn
|
||||
- rich-discovery
|
||||
- repo/with
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
# Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 23:54:31
|
||||
|
||||
Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## Source paths observed
|
||||
|
||||
- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office`
|
||||
- `home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/office`
|
||||
- `home/sam/TEST-BETA`
|
||||
- `.local/bin/office`
|
||||
- `.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin`
|
||||
|
||||
## Final answer snapshot
|
||||
|
||||
You followed the instructions correctly. The confusing part was a real gap, and I have closed it.
|
||||
|
||||
## Yes — the git work has to happen on `.13`
|
||||
|
||||
Not because of the interface, but because of what a commit and a worktree *are*: the files, the `.git` directory, the worktree Paperclip creates and the agent that runs in it are all on the machine that holds the folder. `office` ran on `.13` over ssh, so the staged files are on `.13`.
|
||||
|
||||
What was missing is that nothing let you *get* to `.13` from TUIOS for that one step. The `g` key that opens lazygit lives in a pane, and there were no panes yet — that is the circle you hit.
|
||||
|
||||
## What it does now
|
||||
|
||||
When the folder cannot hold a worktree yet, `office` makes a **session on the machine that owns the folder**, with lazygit already open in that folder, and tells you how to attach:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
A session called 'TEST-BETA-git' now holds lazygit in that folder.
|
||||
Attach to it, stage and commit, then come back and repeat the command:
|
||||
|
||||
tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA-git
|
||||
|
||||
When you are done with it: tuios kill-session TEST-BETA-git
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
So the sequence from `.27` is entirely in TUIOS:
|
||||
|
||||
1. `office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA --host nixos-desktop`
|
||||
2. `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA-git` — lazygit, already in `/home/sam/TEST-BETA`
|
||||
3. `i` to ignore what you do not want, `space` to stage, `c` to commit
|
||||
4. detach, and run the same command again — now there is a commit, so it creates the project with worktrees
|
||||
5. `tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA` — the eight pages, and from then on `g` gives you lazygit in a pane whenever you want it
|
||||
|
||||
Verified end to end just now: the session opens, the pane's working directory is the folder, and the process in it is `lazygit`. The attach line says `--host` when you are on another machine and omits it when you are not.
|
||||
|
||||
## Your existing staged folder
|
||||
|
||||
`/home/sam/TEST-BETA` is already a repository with everything staged. Re-run the same command; it will say it is still not committed, re-stage (nothing changes) and this time open the lazygit session:
|
||||
|
||||
```sh
|
||||
office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --session TEST-BETA --host nixos-desktop
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
## Two bugs found while doing this
|
||||
|
||||
**1. A pushed copy was overwriting the canonical machine's `office`.** When you ran `office … --host nixos-desktop` from `.27`, the copy that `.27` sent to `.13` also replaced `~/.local/bin/office` **on `.13`** — so from then on, `.13`'s own command ran `.27`'s older copy. That is why my first fix appeared to do nothing. The wrapper is now only written when there is no working one there.
|
||||
|
||||
**2. The `.13` wrapper now points at the repository again**, and the copy at `~/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/` is refreshed from the repo, so the two agree.
|
||||
|
||||
## One thing I want to name plainly
|
||||
|
||||
The two-step exists because a project's worktree policy is fixed when the project is created, and a worktree needs a commit to cut from. The alternative — create it in place now, add worktrees later — is not available in Paperclip. So the honest choice is: commit first, create second. The tool now does everything it can to make step one reachable from where you are sitting, but it will not commit your files for you.
|
||||
|
||||
Committed: `paperclip-harness` `c53f37d`, pushed, and the copies on `.13`, `.27` and `.51` are updated.
|
||||
|
||||
## 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-2026-11-12 23:54:31 -->
|
||||
|
||||
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|paperclip-harness office: commit-first bootstrap gap and host-aware lazygit session]]
|
||||
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Create a paperclip-harness project when the folder is staged but uncommitted]]
|
||||
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness c53f37d: lazygit bootstrap session on folder-owning host; wrapper overwrite fixed]]
|
||||
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-lazygit-bootstrap-session-fix-and-cross-ma|paperclip-harness: lazygit bootstrap session fix and cross-machine wrapper bugs]]
|
||||
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-23-54-31|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 23:54:31]]
|
||||
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
|
||||
11
bin/office
11
bin/office
@@ -618,18 +618,17 @@ def prepare_git(folder, opts, session):
|
||||
return "ready"
|
||||
|
||||
h.say("")
|
||||
h.say(" Everything is staged and nothing is committed. What you commit is what")
|
||||
h.say(" the agent will be able to see, so check it first:")
|
||||
h.say(" EVERYTHING IS STAGED AND NOTHING IS COMMITTED. What you commit is what")
|
||||
h.say(" the agent will be able to see, so check it before you commit.")
|
||||
open_git_session(folder, session, opts)
|
||||
h.say("")
|
||||
h.say(" cd %s && lazygit" % folder)
|
||||
h.say(" In lazygit:")
|
||||
h.say("")
|
||||
h.say(" i put the selected file or folder into .gitignore")
|
||||
h.say(" space stage or unstage e edit a file, .gitignore included")
|
||||
h.say(" c commit ? every key")
|
||||
h.say("")
|
||||
open_git_session(folder, session, opts)
|
||||
h.say("")
|
||||
h.say(" Then repeat this command to create the project with worktrees:")
|
||||
h.say(" Then, after committing, repeat this command to create the project:")
|
||||
h.say("")
|
||||
h.say(" %s" % repeat_command(folder, opts))
|
||||
return "staged"
|
||||
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user