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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-07-09-34|Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 07:09:34]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|now]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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## Update (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
paperclip-harness is a Go-based terminal harness with an `office` command (open a folder as a project) and a set of TUI screens invoked via `bin/ha`, including board, work, agents, reply, new, project, repair, lazygit. Binary built from this repo is copied to multiple machines ("office" host aliases `.27` and `.51` referenced) and the active desktop is a 4-screen desktop with aliases `sam-4screen-desktop` and `sam-thinkpad`.
Key conventions/architecture learned this turn:
- The `office` gate on an uninitialized folder is a creation gate: on Y it writes a `.gitignore` containing `.paperclip/`, stages everything, and STOPs without committing (so the user commits in lazygit and re-runs office). `--commit-all` flag creates repo, `.gitignore`, commit, then creates the project with worktrees.
- Paperclip worktrees live under `.paperclip/` inside the project folder; therefore `.paperclip/` MUST be in `.gitignore` or a commit will embed worktree checkouts of the repo. `.gitignore` template also suggests `evidence/`, `.env`, `*secret*`.
- Base branch is now detected (not hardcoded to main) so repos on `master` work; set in both `policy.baseRef` and workspace `defaultRef`.
- Worktree policy is fixed at project creation; `local_path` cannot later become `git_worktree`.
- `Project>project` git tab top half = raw git in the folder; bottom half = Paperclip's own close-readiness `close-readiness` scan (states like "1 behind", "merged into base").
- A repo-wide warning banner is a wrapper around each screen, not the frame, so it shows once per screen; pressing `R` rebuilds panes and clears it.
- `t` in the project screen opens lazygit (0.66.2) in the project folder.
Workspace paths seen: `/home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness` (bin/ha), repo `test-alpha` used as a test project with `.paperclip/` ignored. Commit `4be72da` on `main`.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 90%
- Reason: Durable architecture, commands, and file conventions for the active pack repo, evidenced across multiple tool outputs.
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 09:39:17 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|initializing a folder as a Paperclip project with the `office` gate]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness: office creation gate + project git tab + per-screen warning banner (commit 4be72da)]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in|Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]

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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-01-33|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:01:33]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]
---
## Update (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
## Rich discovery update (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
Built, verified on screen, and pushed. Here is what exists now.
## The gate: `office` never writes history
Answer **Y** and it stops before committing, deliberately:
```
/tmp/gate1 is not a git repository, so a task cannot have its own branch and worktree.
without one, two tasks can change the same files at once, and there
is no diff to review and nothing to merge.
Y make the repository, write .gitignore with .paperclip/, stage everything,
and stop. You commit it in lazygit, then run this command again.
N create the project in place instead: no branches, no diff, nothing to merge.
```
Verified by running it three ways:
| input | result |
|---|---|
| no repo, no terminal, no flag | changes nothing, prints the three commands |
| `Y` on a repo with no commit | `wrote .gitignore, ignoring .paperclip/`, staged `.gitignore` and the file, **no commit**, **no project created** |
| `--commit-all` | repo, `.gitignore`, commit, then the project is created with worktrees |
After the staged run, the folder looked like this — which is exactly the state you want to open lazygit in:
```
$ git status --short
A .gitignore
A a.md
$ cat .gitignore
# Paperclip puts each task's worktree inside this folder, at .paperclip/.
# It is a checkout of this repository, so it must never be committed.
.paperclip/
# Add your own patterns below, one per line. For example:
# evidence/
# .env
# *secret*
```
Two things I fixed while in there, both real faults:
- the base branch was hardcoded to `main` — a repository on `master` would have been given a policy pointing at a branch that does not exist;
- the base branch is now set in both places Paperclip keeps it: the policy's `baseRef` and the workspace's `defaultRef`, which we had been leaving `null`.
## The `git` tab: live on screen in `Project>project`
Before fixing `.gitignore` in `test-alpha`:
```
THIS FOLDER
repository yes · branch main
commits 3
remote none — not needed for worktrees
changed 0 staged · 0 unstaged · 2 untracked
.gitignore missing — .paperclip/ must be in it
worktrees isolated_workspace · git_worktree · base main
WHAT TO DO
.paperclip/ is not ignored: a commit would swallow every worktree.
t lazygit · select .gitignore · e to edit · add .paperclip/
Then run R rebuild so every pane is built against the new state.
WORKTREES, AS PAPERCLIP SEES THEM
AUD-172-add-a-status-md-with-one-line clean · 1 behind · merged into base
This workspace is 1 commit behind main.
```
and after:
```
.gitignore .paperclip/
worktrees isolated_workspace · git_worktree · base main
WORKTREES, AS PAPERCLIP SEES THEM
AUD-172-add-a-status-md-with-one-line clean · 1 behind · merged into base
```
The top half is git run in the folder. The bottom half is Paperclip's own
`close-readiness` scan, so "1 behind", "merged into base" and the warning text are Paperclip's
words, not a second opinion of mine.
`t` opens lazygit in the project folder. I pressed it, saw lazygit open on the right repository,
and closed the pane again — the session is back to eight windows.
## The warning line: once per screen, not once per panel
My first attempt put it in the frame, which the board draws three times side by side, so the
warning appeared three times on one row. It is now a wrapper around each screen:
```
commit will swallow the worktrees — .paperclip/ is not in .gitignore · Project>project → git
╭─ tasks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·focus· ╮ ╭─ the chosen task …
```
It takes the title line and leaves the panels and the key hints untouched. After writing the
`.gitignore`, pressing `R` cleared it and the title came back. There is a test for exactly this:
one warning, height unchanged, footer preserved.
## lazygit, confirmed
`lazygit 0.66.2`, with the code paths for `ignoreOrExcludeFile` and the menu items
**Add to .gitignore** and **Add to .git/info/exclude**. Files panel `i` ignores the selected file
or folder, `space` stages, `c` commits, `A` amends, `e` edits — including `.gitignore`. Paths
only, so a pattern like `*secret*` is typed in the file. Nothing in our interface duplicates it.
## What is now honest that was not before
- Paperclip does not check that a project folder is a repository. The gate is the only early check.
- A worktree is a checkout of a commit, so **what you commit is what the agent can see** — the
reason the tool stops before committing instead of doing it for you.
- **`.paperclip/` in `.gitignore` is not a preference.** Paperclip puts its worktrees inside the
project folder; without that entry a commit puts checkouts of the repository inside itself.
- A project's worktree policy is fixed at creation, so `local_path` cannot become `git_worktree`
later. The tab says so; it does not pretend otherwise.
## Committed and pushed
`paperclip-harness` → `4be72da`. Go builds, `go vet` is clean, and the frame tests pass including
the new banner test. The updated commands and the new binary are also copied to `.27` and `.51`,
so all three machines are in step.
Nothing was done to `~/SECURITY`, and I have not run `office` on it. When you are ready it will ask
you Y or N, write the `.gitignore`, and stop so you can commit it in lazygit yourself.
## Source paths observed
- `home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/ha`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/docs/Custom_DiffRenderers.md`
- `.git/info/exclude`
## Evidence
- Confidence: 84%
- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 09:39:17 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|initializing a folder as a Paperclip project with the `office` gate]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness: office creation gate + project git tab + per-screen warning banner (commit 4be72da)]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in|Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]

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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|Rebuild .27 and .51 after adding ~/.local/bin to home-manager PATH]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|Added ~/.local/bin to PATH on .27/.51 and committed; .13 untouched]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/nixos-fleet-path-fix-rollout-27-and-51-need-home-rebuild-13-|NixOS fleet PATH fix rollout: .27 and .51 need home rebuild, .13 already correct]]
---
## Update (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
Deliverables landed in `paperclip-harness` at commit `4be72da` (pushed `f7b77f3..4be72da main -> main`):
- `office` now never writes history: new creation gate offers Y (init repo, write `.gitignore` with `.paperclip/`, stage everything, stop) / N (create project in place, no branches/worktrees). Non-interactive invocation changes nothing and prints the three commands.
- `--commit-all` flag: full repo + `.gitignore` + commit + project with worktrees.
- Fixed: base branch no longer hardcoded to `main` (was breaking repos on `master`); base branch set in `policy.baseRef` and workspace `defaultRef` (previously left null).
- `Project>project` git tab: top half runs git in the folder (repository, branch, commits, remote, changed, `.gitignore` status, worktrees, recommended actions); bottom half reuses Paperclip's `close-readiness` scan.
- Added a repo-wide warning wrapper around each screen (not the frame) so e.g. ".paperclip/ is not in .gitignore" shows once per screen; pressing `R` rebuilds panes and clears it. New test covers exactly this (one warning, height unchanged, footer preserved).
- `t` in project screen opens lazygit in the project folder (verified, pane then closed).
Validation: Go builds, `go vet` clean, frame tests incl. new banner test pass. Binary and updated commands copied to machines `.27` and `.51`. Verified live on `test-alpha` before/after fixing `.gitignore`. Nothing done to `~/SECURITY`.
Note: git status immediately before showed untracked `.harness/` (separate from `.paperclip/`).
## Evidence
- Confidence: 90%
- Reason: Concrete shipped change with commit hash, validation, and follow-ups.
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 09:39:17 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|initializing a folder as a Paperclip project with the `office` gate]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness: office creation gate + project git tab + per-screen warning banner (commit 4be72da)]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in|Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]

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---
type: observation
id: observation.paperclip-harness.paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in
title: Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration
status: active
source_of_truth: false
freshness: current
last_reviewed: 2026-11-12
tags:
- pack/paperclip-harness
- agent-memory/observation
- paperclip-harness
- git-worktrees
- gitignore
- lazygit
- close-readiness
---
# Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration
- Paperclip does not check whether a project folder is a git repository; the `office` gate is the only early check.
- A worktree is a checkout of a commit, so "what you commit is what the agent can see" — this is why `office` deliberately stops before committing rather than committing for the user.
- `.paperclip/` in `.gitignore` is mandatory, not a preference: Paperclip places worktrees inside the project folder, so without the entry a commit embeds repo checkouts inside the repo.
- A project's worktree policy is fixed at creation; `local_path` cannot be converted into `git_worktree` later. The project tab states this explicitly.
- `Project>project` bottom section uses Paperclip's own `close-readiness` scan for phrases like "1 behind", "merged into base"; wording is Paperclip's, not independently computed.
- lazygit 0.66.2 confirmed: `i` ignores selected file/folder, `space` stages, `c` commits, `A` amends, `e` edits; paths only (globs like `*secret*` must be typed into the file). Menu items: **Add to .gitignore** / **Add to .git/info/exclude** (modules `ignoreOrExcludeFile`).
- Session window baseline after opening/closing a pane: 8 shell/board/work/agents/reply/new/project/repair windows plus lazygit pane.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 85%
- Reason: Factual, evidence-backed invariants and tool behaviors a future agent needs to avoid regressions.
## Related
- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]]
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 09:39:17 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|initializing a folder as a Paperclip project with the `office` gate]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness: office creation gate + project git tab + per-screen warning banner (commit 4be72da)]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in|Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]

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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-git-repo-2026-11-12-09-24-20|Rich discovery: git_repo 2026-11-12 09:24:20]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|git_repo]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|git_repo repository structure and configuration patterns]]
---
## Update (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
Built, verified on screen, and pushed. Here is what exists now.
## The gate: `office` never writes history
Answer **Y** and it stops before committing, deliberately:
```
/tmp/gate1 is not a git repository, so a task cannot have its own branch and worktree.
without one, two tasks can change the same files at once, and there
is no diff to review and nothing to merge.
Y make the repository, write .gitignore with .paperclip/, stage everything,
and stop. You commit it in lazygit, then run this command again.
N create the project in place instead: no branches, no diff, nothing to merge.
```
Verified by running it three ways:
| input | result |
|---|---|
| no repo, no terminal, no flag | changes nothing, prints the three commands |
| `Y` on a repo with no commit | `wrote .gitignore, ignoring .paperclip/`, staged `.gitignore` and the file, **no commit**, **no project created** |
| `--commit-all` | repo, `.gitignore`, commit, then the project is created with worktrees |
After the staged run, the folder looked like this — which is exactly the state you want to open lazygit in:
```
$ git status --short
A .gitignore
A a.md
$ cat .gitignore
# Paperclip puts each task's worktree inside this folder, at .paperclip/.
# It is a checkout of this repository, so it must never be committed.
.paperclip/
# Add your own patterns below, one per line. For example:
# evidence/
# .env
# *secret*
```
Two things I fixed while in there, both real faults:
- the base branch was hardcoded to `main` — a repository on `master` would have been given a policy pointing at a branch that does not exist;
- the base branch is now set in both places Paperclip keeps it: the policy's `baseRef` and the workspace's `defaultRef`, which we had been leaving `null`.
## The `git` tab: live on screen in `Project>project`
Before fixing `.gitignore` in `test-alpha`:
```
THIS FOLDER
repository yes · branch main
commits 3
remote none — not needed for worktrees
changed 0 staged · 0 unstaged · 2 untracked
.gitignore missing — .paperclip/ must be in it
worktrees isolated_workspace · git_worktree · base main
WHAT TO DO
.paperclip/ is not ignored: a commit would swallow every worktree.
t lazygit · select .gitignore · e to edit · add .paperclip/
Then run R rebuild so every pane is built against the new state.
WORKTREES, AS PAPERCLIP SEES THEM
AUD-172-add-a-status-md-with-one-line clean · 1 behind · merged into base
This workspace is 1 commit behind main.
```
and after:
```
.gitignore .paperclip/
worktrees isolated_workspace · git_worktree · base main
WORKTREES, AS PAPERCLIP SEES THEM
AUD-172-add-a-status-md-with-one-line clean · 1 behind · merged into base
```
The top half is git run in the folder. The bottom half is Paperclip's own
`close-readiness` scan, so "1 behind", "merged into base" and the warning text are Paperclip's
words, not a second opinion of mine.
`t` opens lazygit in the project folder. I pressed it, saw lazygit open on the right repository,
and closed the pane again — the session is back to eight windows.
## The warning line: once per screen, not once per panel
My first attempt put it in the frame, which the board draws three times side by side, so the
warning appeared three times on one row. It is now a wrapper around each screen:
```
commit will swallow the worktrees — .paperclip/ is not in .gitignore · Project>project → git
╭─ tasks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·focus· ╮ ╭─ the chosen task …
```
It takes the title line and leaves the panels and the key hints untouched. After writing the
`.gitignore`, pressing `R` cleared it and the title came back. There is a test for exactly this:
one warning, height unchanged, footer preserved.
## lazygit, confirmed
`lazygit 0.66.2`, with the code paths for `ignoreOrExcludeFile` and the menu items
**Add to .gitignore** and **Add to .git/info/exclude**. Files panel `i` ignores the selected file
or folder, `space` stages, `c` commits, `A` amends, `e` edits — including `.gitignore`. Paths
only, so a pattern like `*secret*` is typed in the file. Nothing in our interface duplicates it.
## What is now honest that was not before
- Paperclip does not check that a project folder is a repository. The gate is the only early check.
- A worktree is a checkout of a commit, so **what you commit is what the agent can see** — the
reason the tool stops before committing instead of doing it for you.
- **`.paperclip/` in `.gitignore` is not a preference.** Paperclip puts its worktrees inside the
project folder; without that entry a commit puts checkouts of the repository inside itself.
- A project's worktree policy is fixed at creation, so `local_path` cannot become `git_worktree`
later. The tab says so; it does not pretend otherwise.
## Committed and pushed
`paperclip-harness` → `4be72da`. Go builds, `go vet` is clean, and the frame tests pass including
the new banner test. The updated commands and the new binary are also copied to `.27` and `.51`,
so all three machines are in step.
Nothing was done to `~/SECURITY`, and I have not run `office` on it. When you are ready it will ask
you Y or N, write the `.gitignore`, and stop so you can commit it in lazygit yourself.
## Source paths observed
- `home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/ha`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/docs/Custom_DiffRenderers.md`
- `.git/info/exclude`
## Evidence
- Confidence: 82%
- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 09:39:17 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|initializing a folder as a Paperclip project with the `office` gate]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness: office creation gate + project git tab + per-screen warning banner (commit 4be72da)]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in|Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]

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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/paperclip-harness-multi-machine-setup-program-delivery-git-w|Paperclip harness multi-machine setup: program delivery, git worktrees vs local_path, env var inheritance …[truncated]…]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-cannot-2026-11-12-06-28-28|Rich discovery: cannot 2026-11-12 06:28:28]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|cannot]]
---
## Update (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
Trigger: run `office` (or equivalent) against a folder that is not yet a git repository, to make it a Paperclip project with worktrees.
Prerequisites: lazygit installed (0.66.2 observed) for the staging step; terminal available for the interactive prompt; `office` binary copied to the host (`bin/ha` on paperclip-harness machines).
Step-by-step:
1. Run `office` in the target folder. Non-interactive / no-TTY / no flag: it changes nothing and prints the three commands.
2. Choose `Y` (interactive). Result: writes `.gitignore` containing `.paperclip/` plus commented examples (`evidence/`, `.env`, `*secret*`), stages all files (`.gitignore` + content), then STOPS — no commit, no project created. Output: `wrote .gitignore, ignoring .paperclip/`.
3. Inspect with `git status --short` (expect `A .gitignore`, `A a.md`, ...).
4. Open lazygit (`t` in project screen, or directly) so the user reviews and commits manually.
5. Re-run `office` to create the project with branches/worktrees.
Alternative single-shot: `office --commit-all` creates the repo, `.gitignore`, makes the commit, and creates the project with worktrees in one go.
Safe/dangerous: Never commit without `.paperclip/` in `.gitignore` — a commit will embed worktree checkouts of the repo. `--commit-all` writes history automatically; use only when the user has agreed.
Validation/troubleshooting: After commit, `Project>project` git tab should show `.gitignore .paperclip/` with no warning banner, and `R` clears the banner. If banner persists: `.paperclip/` missing from `.gitignore`; edit via lazygit (`select .gitignore · e`) then `R` rebuild.
Follow-up observed: `~/SECURITY` was intentionally not touched; when run it will present the Y/N gate and stop after writing `.gitignore`.
## Evidence
- Confidence: 90%
- Reason: Repeatable procedure verified three ways with explicit safe/dangerous steps.
## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 09:39:17 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|initializing a folder as a Paperclip project with the `office` gate]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness: office creation gate + project git tab + per-screen warning banner (commit 4be72da)]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in|Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]

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@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
---
type: session
id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17
title: Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17
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 09:39:17
Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn.
## Source paths observed
- `home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/ha`
- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/docs/Custom_DiffRenderers.md`
- `.git/info/exclude`
## Final answer snapshot
Built, verified on screen, and pushed. Here is what exists now.
## The gate: `office` never writes history
Answer **Y** and it stops before committing, deliberately:
```
/tmp/gate1 is not a git repository, so a task cannot have its own branch and worktree.
without one, two tasks can change the same files at once, and there
is no diff to review and nothing to merge.
Y make the repository, write .gitignore with .paperclip/, stage everything,
and stop. You commit it in lazygit, then run this command again.
N create the project in place instead: no branches, no diff, nothing to merge.
```
Verified by running it three ways:
| input | result |
|---|---|
| no repo, no terminal, no flag | changes nothing, prints the three commands |
| `Y` on a repo with no commit | `wrote .gitignore, ignoring .paperclip/`, staged `.gitignore` and the file, **no commit**, **no project created** |
| `--commit-all` | repo, `.gitignore`, commit, then the project is created with worktrees |
After the staged run, the folder looked like this — which is exactly the state you want to open lazygit in:
```
$ git status --short
A .gitignore
A a.md
$ cat .gitignore
# Paperclip puts each task's worktree inside this folder, at .paperclip/.
# It is a checkout of this repository, so it must never be committed.
.paperclip/
# Add your own patterns below, one per line. For example:
# evidence/
# .env
# *secret*
```
Two things I fixed while in there, both real faults:
- the base branch was hardcoded to `main` — a repository on `master` would have been given a policy pointing at a branch that does not exist;
- the base branch is now set in both places Paperclip keeps it: the policy's `baseRef` and the workspace's `defaultRef`, which we had been leaving `null`.
## The `git` tab: live on screen in `Project>project`
Before fixing `.gitignore` in `test-alpha`:
```
THIS FOLDER
repository yes · branch main
commits 3
remote none — not needed for worktrees
changed 0 staged · 0 unstaged · 2 untracked
.gitignore missing — .paperclip/ must be in it
worktrees isolated_workspace · git_worktree · base main
WHAT TO DO
.paperclip/ is not ignored: a commit would swallow every worktree.
t lazygit · select .gitignore · e to edit · add .paperclip/
Then run R rebuild so every pane is built against the new state.
WORKTREES, AS PAPERCLIP SEES THEM
AUD-172-add-a-status-md-with-one-line clean · 1 behind · merged into base
This workspace is 1 commit behind main.
```
and after:
```
.gitignore .paperclip/
worktrees isolated_workspace · git_worktree · base main
WORKTREES, AS PAPERCLIP SEES THEM
AUD-172-add-a-status-md-with-one-line clean · 1 behind · merged into base
```
The top half is git run in the folder. The bottom half is Paperclip's own
`close-readiness` scan, so "1 behind", "merged into base" and the warning text are Paperclip's
words, not a second opinion of mine.
`t` opens lazygit in the project folder. I pressed it, saw lazygit open on the right repository,
and closed the pane again — the session is back to eight windows.
## The warning line: once per screen, not once per panel
My first attempt put it in the frame, which the board draws three times side by side, so the
warning appeared three times on one row. It is now a wrapper around each screen:
```
commit will swallow the worktrees — .paperclip/ is not in .gitignore · Project>project → git
╭─ tasks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·focus· ╮ ╭─ the chosen task …
```
It takes the title line and leaves the panels and the key hints untouched. After writing the
`.gitignore`, pressing `R` cleared it and the title came back. There is a test for exactly this:
one warning, height unchanged, footer preserved.
## lazygit, confirmed
`lazygit 0.66.2`, with the code paths for `ignoreOrExcludeFile` and the menu items
**Add to .gitignore** and **Add to .git/info/exclude**. Files panel `i` ignores the selected file
or folder, `space` stages, `c` commits, `A` amends, `e` edits — including `.gitignore`. Paths
only, so a pattern like `*secret*` is typed in the file. Nothing in our interface duplicates it.
## What is now honest that was not before
- Paperclip does not check that a project folder is a repository. The gate is the only early check.
- A worktree is a checkout of a commit, so **what you commit is what the agent can see** — the
reason the tool stops before committing instead of doing it for you.
- **`.paperclip/` in `.gitignore` is not a preference.** Paperclip puts its worktrees inside the
project folder; without that entry a commit puts checkouts of the repository inside itself.
- A project's worktree policy is fixed at creation, so `local_path` cannot become `git_worktree`
later. The tab says so; it does not pretend otherwise.
## Committed and pushed
`paperclip-harness` → `4be72da`. Go builds, `go vet` is clean, and the frame tests pass including
the new banner test. The updated commands and the new binary are also copied to `.27` and `.51`,
so all three machines are in step.
Nothing was done to `~/SECURITY`, and I have not run `office` on it. When you are ready it will ask
you Y or N, write the `.gitignore`, and stop so you can commit it in lazygit yourself.
## 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 09:39:17 -->
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|initializing a folder as a Paperclip project with the `office` gate]]
- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness: office creation gate + project git tab + per-screen warning banner (commit 4be72da)]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in|Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration]]
- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]

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@@ -273,9 +273,9 @@ def run_on_remote(host, folder, opts):
for flag, value in (("--project", opts["project"]), ("--session", opts["session"]), ("--new", opts["new"])):
if value:
inner += [flag, value]
guard_machine(folder, opts)
ready = prepare_git(folder, opts)
for flag in ("--git-init", "--commit-all", "--anywhere"):
if opts.get(flag[2:].replace("-", "_")):
inner.append(flag)
if opts["dry"]:
inner.append("--dry")
# "$HOME" must stay unquoted so the other machine's shell expands it; every
@@ -283,9 +283,17 @@ def run_on_remote(host, folder, opts):
cmd = 'exec "$HOME/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office" ' + \
" ".join(shlex.quote(a) for a in inner)
h.say("on %s: %s" % (host, cmd))
out = subprocess.run(["ssh", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new", addr, cmd],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=600)
sys.stdout.write(out.stdout)
# A question is asked on the other machine when the folder cannot hold a
# worktree, so give it a terminal when this one has one: without it, ssh
# hands it a pipe and it has to refuse instead of asking.
ssh_args = ["ssh", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new"]
interactive = sys.stdin.isatty()
if interactive:
ssh_args.append("-t")
out = subprocess.run(ssh_args + [addr, cmd], timeout=600) if interactive else \
subprocess.run(ssh_args + [addr, cmd], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=600)
if not interactive:
sys.stdout.write(out.stdout)
if out.returncode != 0:
raise h.Refused(3, "the other machine refused: %s" % (out.stderr or out.stdout).strip()[:300])
h.say("")
@@ -445,6 +453,20 @@ def guard_machine(folder, opts):
h.say(("warning: " if i == 0 else " ") + line)
def repeat_command(folder, opts):
"""The same command again, spelled out, with the arguments that were used."""
parts = ["office", folder]
if opts.get("new"):
parts += ["--new", '"%s"' % opts["new"]]
elif opts.get("project"):
parts += ["--project", '"%s"' % opts["project"]]
if opts.get("session"):
parts += ["--session", opts["session"]]
if opts.get("host"):
parts += ["--host", opts["host"]]
return " ".join(parts)
def prepare_git(folder, opts):
"""Get the folder as far as it can go toward a worktree per task.
@@ -483,9 +505,17 @@ def prepare_git(folder, opts):
h.say(" git add -A && git commit -m 'Initial commit'")
h.say("or pass --commit-all to let this command do all of it.")
raise h.Refused(2, "no repository and no terminal to ask in")
h.say(" Y make the repository, write .gitignore with .paperclip/,")
h.say(" stage everything, and stop. You commit it in lazygit, then")
h.say(" run this command again to create the project with worktrees.")
h.say(" Y make the repository now, then three steps:")
h.say("")
h.say(" 1. PUT INTO .gitignore EVERY FILE YOU DO NOT WANT COMMITTED.")
h.say(" A file there is invisible to the agent, which is usually what")
h.say(" you want for evidence folders, notes with credentials, and")
h.say(" .paperclip/, which is written there for you.")
h.say(" 2. commit what is left, in lazygit: stage with space, commit with c.")
h.say(" 3. run this same command again to create the project with worktrees:")
h.say("")
h.say(" %s" % repeat_command(folder, opts))
h.say("")
h.say(" N create the project in place instead: no branches, no diff,")
h.say(" nothing to merge.")
h.say("")
@@ -514,14 +544,18 @@ def prepare_git(folder, opts):
return "ready"
h.say("")
h.say(" Everything is staged and nothing is committed. Check what git is about")
h.say(" to take, and commit it:")
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("")
h.say(" cd %s && lazygit" % folder)
h.say(" space stage or unstage a file i ignore a file or folder")
h.say(" c commit ? every key")
h.say("")
h.say(" Then run this command again. It will create the project with worktrees.")
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("")
h.say(" Then repeat this command to create the project with worktrees:")
h.say("")
h.say(" %s" % repeat_command(folder, opts))
return "staged"
@@ -586,6 +620,8 @@ def main():
else:
return run_on_remote(opts["remote"], folder, opts)
# 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)
@@ -646,9 +682,6 @@ def main():
"watching": watching,
}
guard_machine(folder, opts)
ready = prepare_git(folder, opts)
if opts["dry"]:
h.say("would write %s" % pj.path(folder))
h.say("would build pages: shell, tree, reply, log, new")

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@@ -183,27 +183,17 @@ func (m boardModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
return m, nil
}
if m.tools {
switch msg.String() {
case "esc", "q", "t":
key := msg.String()
if key == "esc" || key == "q" || key == "t" {
m.tools = false
return m, nil
case "up", "k":
m.toolAt = max(0, m.toolAt-1)
return m, nil
case "down", "j":
m.toolAt = min(len(tools)-1, m.toolAt+1)
return m, nil
case "g":
m.toolAt = 0
return m, nil
case "G":
m.toolAt = len(tools) - 1
return m, nil
case "enter":
t := tools[m.toolAt]
m.tools = false
if err := openTool(m.folder, t.name); err != nil {
m.err = err
}
if consumed, chosen := toolPickerKeys(key, &m.toolAt); consumed {
if chosen != "" {
m.tools = false
if err := openTool(m.folder, chosen); err != nil {
m.err = err
}
}
return m, nil
}
@@ -247,6 +237,12 @@ func (m boardModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
case "t":
m.tools = true
return m, nil
case "l":
// lazygit in the project folder, the same key as on the other panes.
if err := openTool(m.folder, "lazygit"); err != nil {
m.err = err
}
return m, nil
case "/":
m.typing = true
return m, nil
@@ -337,7 +333,7 @@ func (m boardModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
m.needsTab--
}
return m, nil
case "]", "l":
case "]":
if m.focus == focusNeeds && m.needsTab < 1 {
m.needsTab++
}
@@ -406,15 +402,7 @@ func (m boardModel) View() string {
}, m.width, m.height)
}
if m.tools {
entries := make([][2]string, 0, len(tools))
for i, t := range tools {
mark := " "
if i == m.toolAt {
mark = "▸ "
}
entries = append(entries, [2]string{mark + t.name, t.about})
}
return helpOverlay("open a tool pane here", entries, m.width, m.height)
return toolMenu(m.toolAt, m.width, m.height)
}
if m.showHelp {
return helpOverlay("keys on this panel", [][2]string{
@@ -519,6 +507,7 @@ func (m boardModel) footerLine() string {
keyHint("u", "unblock"),
keyHint("c", "cancel"),
keyHint("t", "tools"),
keyHint("l", "lazygit"),
keyHint("/", "filter"),
keyHint("?", "keys"),
keyHint("tab", "panel"),

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@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ type projectModel struct {
err error
readAt time.Time
git gitState
wts []worktreeRow
git gitState
wts []worktreeRow
tools bool
toolAt int
tab int
scroll int
@@ -168,6 +170,25 @@ func (m projectModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
return m, tea.Batch(m.load(), tickEvery(10*time.Second))
case tea.KeyMsg:
// The tool chooser owns every key while it is open, before the
// confirmation dialogs and before the tabs.
if m.tools {
key := msg.String()
if key == "esc" || key == "q" || key == "t" {
m.tools = false
return m, nil
}
if consumed, chosen := toolPickerKeys(key, &m.toolAt); consumed {
if chosen != "" {
m.tools = false
if err := openTool(m.folder, chosen); err != nil {
m.err = err
}
}
return m, nil
}
return m, nil
}
if m.confirmSwitch {
switch msg.String() {
case "y":
@@ -204,8 +225,11 @@ func (m projectModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
case "r":
return m, m.load()
case "t":
// lazygit, in the project folder: it is the tool that can stage,
// exclude and commit. Nothing here reimplements it.
m.tools = true
return m, nil
case "l":
// lazygit in the project folder: the tool that stages, excludes and
// commits. `t` is the chooser, as it is on every other pane.
if err := openTool(m.folder, "lazygit"); err != nil {
m.err = err
}
@@ -224,13 +248,13 @@ func (m projectModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
}
}
return m, nil
case "(", "[", "h":
case "(", "[":
if m.tab > 0 {
m.tab--
m.scroll = 0
}
return m, nil
case ")", "]", "l", "tab":
case ")", "]", "tab":
if m.tab < len(projectTabs)-1 {
m.tab++
m.scroll = 0
@@ -289,10 +313,14 @@ func (m projectModel) View() string {
{"esc or n", "stay here"},
}, m.width, m.height)
}
if m.tools {
return toolMenu(m.toolAt, m.width, m.height)
}
if m.showHelp {
return helpOverlay("the project", [][2]string{
{"( )", "overview, git, facts, costs, settings, projects"},
{"t", "open lazygit in this folder"},
{"t", "open a tool pane here (lazygit, yazi, nvim, …)"},
{"l", "lazygit, straight away"},
{"[ ] h l", "previous and next tab"},
{"↑ ↓ j k", "scroll"},
{"r", "read again"},
@@ -344,7 +372,8 @@ func (m projectModel) View() string {
footer := hintLine([]string{
keyHint("( )", "tab"),
keyHint("t", "lazygit"),
keyHint("t", "tools"),
keyHint("l", "lazygit"),
keyHint("↑↓", "scroll"),
keyHint("r", "refresh"),
keyHint("R", "rebuild"),

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@@ -215,3 +215,40 @@ func switchWorkspace(name string) error {
}
return fmt.Errorf("no workspace called %q", name)
}
// toolMenu is the chooser used by every pane that offers `t`. It lives here so
// the board and the project screen cannot drift apart in how they list the same
// tools.
func toolMenu(at, width, height int) string {
entries := make([][2]string, 0, len(tools))
for i, t := range tools {
mark := " "
if i == at {
mark = "▸ "
}
entries = append(entries, [2]string{mark + t.name, t.about})
}
return helpOverlay("open a tool pane here", entries, width, height)
}
// toolPickerKeys handles the chooser and says whether the key was consumed.
// `selected` is the tool to open, or empty.
func toolPickerKeys(key string, at *int) (consumed bool, selected string) {
switch key {
case "up", "k":
*at = max(0, *at-1)
return true, ""
case "down", "j":
*at = min(len(tools)-1, *at+1)
return true, ""
case "g":
*at = 0
return true, ""
case "G":
*at = len(tools) - 1
return true, ""
case "enter":
return true, tools[*at].name
}
return false, ""
}