diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md index 06d02f9..2e7227b 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md @@ -1663,3 +1663,105 @@ And for the record: the `office` commands no longer need any of this. They read - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-22-47-55|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 22:47:55]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]] - observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|home repository structure and configuration patterns]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 23:34:09) + +## Rich discovery update (2026-11-12 23:34:09) + +## The problem was `sudo`, not the command + +``` +/home/sam/.local/bin/office: line 3: /root/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office: No such file or directory +``` + +`sudo` sets `HOME=/root`, so the wrapper's `$HOME/.local/share/...` pointed at a directory that does not exist. The command underneath was fine. + +**`office` never needed `sudo`, and must not have it.** It is a user command in three ways: + +| it needs | why root cannot have it | +|---|---| +| your Paperclip key | it is in **your** `~/.config/environment.d`, not root's | +| **your** TUIOS daemon | the daemon socket lives in your runtime directory; root talks to a different one | +| files you will edit | anything written as root would be owned by root in your home | + +So: no `sudo`. + +## Two things I changed so this cannot bite again + +**1. The wrapper now refuses root, clearly.** + +```sh +if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then + echo "office: run this as your own user, not with sudo." >&2 + exit 2 +fi +``` + +**2. The wrapper no longer uses `$HOME`.** The installation writes the real path out in full, so `sudo` cannot make it look for a copy that is not there: + +```sh +exec "/home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office" "$@" +``` + +The same guard is inside `office` itself, so a copy invoked directly as root refuses the same way rather than half-working. Both are on `.13`, `.27` and `.51`. + +## Your command, corrected + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --host nixos-desktop --session TEST-BETA +``` + +I dry-ran exactly that from `.27` and it resolves: + +``` +worktrees: no — this is not a repository +would write /home/sam/TEST-BETA/.harness/harness.toml +would create or reuse session 'TEST-BETA' and build eight panes there + +switch to it: tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA +``` + +`--session TEST-BETA` is fine — no clash with `security`. + +Two things will happen when you run it for real: + +1. It will find that `/home/sam/TEST-BETA` is **not a git repository** and ask **Y or N**, because that decides whether each task gets its own branch and worktree. Y makes the repository, writes `.gitignore` with `.paperclip/`, stages everything, and stops so you can commit in lazygit. N creates the project in place with no diff and no merge. +2. If you would rather not be asked, `--git-init` means Y, and `--commit-all` means Y and commit in one step. + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --host nixos-desktop --session TEST-BETA --git-init +``` + +## After it is created + +```sh +tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA +``` + +Then `Project>project` → `(` for the **git** tab to see the state, `g` for lazygit in the folder, `t` for the other tools. If you answered Y, the top of every pane will carry the warning line until you commit — that line is what tells you the worktrees are not real yet. + +Committed: `paperclip-harness` `fd71837`, pushed, and copied to `.27` and `.51`. + +## Source paths observed + +- `home/sam/.local/bin/office` +- `root/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/TEST-BETA/.harness/harness.toml` +- `HOME/.local/share/` +- `home/sam/TEST-BETA` + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 84% +- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration + +## Related learned memories + +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-would-2026-11-12-23-34-09|Rich discovery: would 2026-11-12 23:34:09]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|would]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|would repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md index 18f00a9..ae31160 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md @@ -7012,3 +7012,105 @@ All committed and pushed: `paperclip-harness` `32fb356`, `nixos-4screen` `587db3 - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-23-03-35|Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 23:03:35]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|.local]] - observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|.local repository structure and configuration patterns]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 23:34:09) + +## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-12 23:34:09) + +## The problem was `sudo`, not the command + +``` +/home/sam/.local/bin/office: line 3: /root/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office: No such file or directory +``` + +`sudo` sets `HOME=/root`, so the wrapper's `$HOME/.local/share/...` pointed at a directory that does not exist. The command underneath was fine. + +**`office` never needed `sudo`, and must not have it.** It is a user command in three ways: + +| it needs | why root cannot have it | +|---|---| +| your Paperclip key | it is in **your** `~/.config/environment.d`, not root's | +| **your** TUIOS daemon | the daemon socket lives in your runtime directory; root talks to a different one | +| files you will edit | anything written as root would be owned by root in your home | + +So: no `sudo`. + +## Two things I changed so this cannot bite again + +**1. The wrapper now refuses root, clearly.** + +```sh +if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then + echo "office: run this as your own user, not with sudo." >&2 + exit 2 +fi +``` + +**2. The wrapper no longer uses `$HOME`.** The installation writes the real path out in full, so `sudo` cannot make it look for a copy that is not there: + +```sh +exec "/home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office" "$@" +``` + +The same guard is inside `office` itself, so a copy invoked directly as root refuses the same way rather than half-working. Both are on `.13`, `.27` and `.51`. + +## Your command, corrected + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --host nixos-desktop --session TEST-BETA +``` + +I dry-ran exactly that from `.27` and it resolves: + +``` +worktrees: no — this is not a repository +would write /home/sam/TEST-BETA/.harness/harness.toml +would create or reuse session 'TEST-BETA' and build eight panes there + +switch to it: tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA +``` + +`--session TEST-BETA` is fine — no clash with `security`. + +Two things will happen when you run it for real: + +1. It will find that `/home/sam/TEST-BETA` is **not a git repository** and ask **Y or N**, because that decides whether each task gets its own branch and worktree. Y makes the repository, writes `.gitignore` with `.paperclip/`, stages everything, and stops so you can commit in lazygit. N creates the project in place with no diff and no merge. +2. If you would rather not be asked, `--git-init` means Y, and `--commit-all` means Y and commit in one step. + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --host nixos-desktop --session TEST-BETA --git-init +``` + +## After it is created + +```sh +tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA +``` + +Then `Project>project` → `(` for the **git** tab to see the state, `g` for lazygit in the folder, `t` for the other tools. If you answered Y, the top of every pane will carry the warning line until you commit — that line is what tells you the worktrees are not real yet. + +Committed: `paperclip-harness` `fd71837`, pushed, and copied to `.27` and `.51`. + +## Source paths observed + +- `home/sam/.local/bin/office` +- `root/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/TEST-BETA/.harness/harness.toml` +- `HOME/.local/share/` +- `home/sam/TEST-BETA` + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 82% +- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery + +## Related learned memories + +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-would-2026-11-12-23-34-09|Rich discovery: would 2026-11-12 23:34:09]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|would]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|would repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-would-2026-11-12-23-34-09.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-would-2026-11-12-23-34-09.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a3a8fdb --- /dev/null +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-would-2026-11-12-23-34-09.md @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +--- +type: session +id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-would-2026-11-12-23-34-09 +title: Rich discovery: would 2026-11-12 23:34:09 +status: active +source_of_truth: false +freshness: current +last_reviewed: 2026-11-12 +tags: + - pack/paperclip-harness + - agent-memory/session + - autolearn + - rich-discovery + - repo/would +--- + +# Rich discovery: would 2026-11-12 23:34:09 + +Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn. + + +## Source paths observed + +- `home/sam/.local/bin/office` +- `root/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/TEST-BETA/.harness/harness.toml` +- `HOME/.local/share/` +- `home/sam/TEST-BETA` + +## Final answer snapshot + +## The problem was `sudo`, not the command + +``` +/home/sam/.local/bin/office: line 3: /root/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office: No such file or directory +``` + +`sudo` sets `HOME=/root`, so the wrapper's `$HOME/.local/share/...` pointed at a directory that does not exist. The command underneath was fine. + +**`office` never needed `sudo`, and must not have it.** It is a user command in three ways: + +| it needs | why root cannot have it | +|---|---| +| your Paperclip key | it is in **your** `~/.config/environment.d`, not root's | +| **your** TUIOS daemon | the daemon socket lives in your runtime directory; root talks to a different one | +| files you will edit | anything written as root would be owned by root in your home | + +So: no `sudo`. + +## Two things I changed so this cannot bite again + +**1. The wrapper now refuses root, clearly.** + +```sh +if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then + echo "office: run this as your own user, not with sudo." >&2 + exit 2 +fi +``` + +**2. The wrapper no longer uses `$HOME`.** The installation writes the real path out in full, so `sudo` cannot make it look for a copy that is not there: + +```sh +exec "/home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office" "$@" +``` + +The same guard is inside `office` itself, so a copy invoked directly as root refuses the same way rather than half-working. Both are on `.13`, `.27` and `.51`. + +## Your command, corrected + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --host nixos-desktop --session TEST-BETA +``` + +I dry-ran exactly that from `.27` and it resolves: + +``` +worktrees: no — this is not a repository +would write /home/sam/TEST-BETA/.harness/harness.toml +would create or reuse session 'TEST-BETA' and build eight panes there + +switch to it: tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA +``` + +`--session TEST-BETA` is fine — no clash with `security`. + +Two things will happen when you run it for real: + +1. It will find that `/home/sam/TEST-BETA` is **not a git repository** and ask **Y or N**, because that decides whether each task gets its own branch and worktree. Y makes the repository, writes `.gitignore` with `.paperclip/`, stages everything, and stops so you can commit in lazygit. N creates the project in place with no diff and no merge. +2. If you would rather not be asked, `--git-init` means Y, and `--commit-all` means Y and commit in one step. + +```sh +office ~/TEST-BETA --new "TEST-BETA" --host nixos-desktop --session TEST-BETA --git-init +``` + +## After it is created + +```sh +tuios attach --host nixos-desktop TEST-BETA +``` + +Then `Project>project` → `(` for the **git** tab to see the state, `g` for lazygit in the folder, `t` for the other tools. If you answered Y, the top of every pane will carry the warning line until you commit — that line is what tells you the worktrees are not real yet. + +Committed: `paperclip-harness` `fd71837`, pushed, and copied to `.27` and `.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 + +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-would-2026-11-12-23-34-09|Rich discovery: would 2026-11-12 23:34:09]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|would]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|would repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/bin/office b/bin/office index 42b9e63..25c23be 100755 --- a/bin/office +++ b/bin/office @@ -47,14 +47,16 @@ def parse(argv): opts = {"folder": ".", "folder_given": False, "project": "", "session": "", "dry": False, "host": "", "no_switch": False, "new": "", "remote": "", "git_init": "--git-init" in argv, "anywhere": "--anywhere" in argv, - "commit_all": "--commit-all" in argv, "git_init_commits": False} + "commit_all": "--commit-all" in argv, "git_init_commits": False, + "client_host": ""} positional = [] i = 0 while i < len(argv): a = argv[i] - if a in ("--project", "--session", "--host", "--new", "--remote"): + if a in ("--project", "--session", "--host", "--new", "--remote", "--client-host"): if i + 1 < len(argv): - opts[a[2:]] = argv[i + 1] + # Keys are Python names, so a flag with a hyphen becomes an underscore. + opts[a[2:].replace("-", "_")] = argv[i + 1] i += 2 continue i += 1 @@ -146,6 +148,45 @@ def ensure_session(session, folder): h.say("session: %s (created; switch to it with TUIOS's session switcher)" % session) +def open_git_session(folder, session, opts): + """A session with lazygit already open in the folder, on the machine that has it. + + The commit has to happen where the files are, and that machine is often not + the one being typed at. A session on that machine is how the person gets + there from TUIOS, which is the whole point of this program: one attach, no + ssh, no cd. + """ + helper = session + "-git" + created = ensure_session_quiet(helper, folder) + # The pane a tool needs a PATH of its own: a pane started this way does not + # inherit an interactive shell's. + prelude = ('export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.nix-profile/bin:' + '/run/current-system/sw/bin:/etc/profiles/per-user/$USER/bin:$PATH"; ') + tuios.open_pane("git", "Git", folder, prelude + "exec lazygit", helper) + h.say("") + h.say(" A session called %r now holds lazygit in that folder%s." % (helper, "" if created else " (it was already there)")) + h.say(" Attach to it, stage and commit, then come back and repeat the command:") + h.say("") + client = opts.get("client_host") or "" + h.say(" tuios attach%s %s" % (" --host " + client if client else "", helper)) + h.say("") + h.say(" When you are done with it: tuios kill-session %s" % helper) + return helper + + +def ensure_session_quiet(session, folder): + """ensure_session, without the line about switching: the caller explains.""" + if session in tuios.sessions(): + return False + params = {"name": session, "cwd": folder, "window": False} + out = subprocess.run(["tuios", "call", "new-session", json.dumps(params)], + capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60) + if out.returncode != 0 and "session_exists" not in (out.stderr or out.stdout): + raise h.Refused(3, "could not create session %r: %s" + % (session, (out.stderr or out.stdout).strip()[:300])) + return True + + def scaffold(folder, name): """Write the files this project keeps, and only the ones that are missing. @@ -237,6 +278,15 @@ def install_wrapper(addr, remote_bin): capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60).stdout.strip() if not home: return + # Never replace a wrapper that already works. Pushing from another machine + # would otherwise rewrite the owner's own `office` command to point at the + # copy that machine sent, which is how the canonical machine ended up + # running someone else's older copy. + existing = subprocess.run( + ["ssh", "-o", "BatchMode=yes", addr, 'cat "$HOME/.local/bin/office" 2>/dev/null'], + capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60).stdout + if "paperclip-harness/bin/office" in existing: + return script = ("#!/bin/sh\n" "# Written by office on another machine. Runs the copy it keeps here.\n" "#\n" @@ -291,6 +341,9 @@ def run_on_remote(host, folder, opts): for flag in ("--git-init", "--commit-all", "--anywhere"): if opts.get(flag[2:].replace("-", "_")): inner.append(flag) + # So the instructions printed on the other machine say how to reach it from + # where the person is sitting. + inner += ["--client-host", host] if opts["dry"]: inner.append("--dry") # "$HOME" must stay unquoted so the other machine's shell expands it; every @@ -410,6 +463,12 @@ ON ANOTHER MACHINE is not on PATH yet, so there you call it by its full path: ~/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office +WHEN THE FILES ARE ON ANOTHER MACHINE + The git work has to happen where the files are, because that is where the + commit, the worktree and the agent are. So when a folder cannot hold a + worktree yet, office makes a session on THAT machine with lazygit already + open in the folder, and tells you how to attach to it. No ssh, no cd. + AFTER A REBOOT TUIOS restores a session with a fresh shell in every pane and keeps the pane names. Run board once for that project: it checks what each pane is actually @@ -482,7 +541,7 @@ def repeat_command(folder, opts): return " ".join(parts) -def prepare_git(folder, opts): +def prepare_git(folder, opts, session): """Get the folder as far as it can go toward a worktree per task. A worktree needs a repository and at least one commit. Neither is made @@ -568,6 +627,8 @@ def prepare_git(folder, opts): 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("") h.say(" %s" % repeat_command(folder, opts)) @@ -643,7 +704,7 @@ def main(): # Only now: a folder on another machine has already been handed over, and # the machine that owns it does these two checks itself. guard_machine(folder, opts) - ready = prepare_git(folder, opts) + ready = prepare_git(folder, opts, session) if opts["dry"]: if opts["new"]: