diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness.md index 9237c7c..6324bf0 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness.md @@ -1051,3 +1051,36 @@ Nothing needs rebuilding for any of this — it is all in the commands, which `- - 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]] + + +--- + +## 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 + +- 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]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with.md index 15aa332..3734530 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with.md @@ -158,3 +158,159 @@ I have not touched `~/SECURITY`. It is still not a repository, and I will not ru - 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 + +- 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]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups.md index dea1ab5..7765398 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups.md @@ -1292,3 +1292,35 @@ Follow-up: machines can then drive each other via `office --project|--n - 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 + +- 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]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..94a8fb5 --- /dev/null +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +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 + +- 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]] 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 736f966..b4e7252 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 @@ -6530,3 +6530,159 @@ Say go and I will build it in this order: the creation gate (with `defaultRef` a - 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 + +- 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]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations.md index 3154b5f..08cd9d8 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations.md @@ -2104,3 +2104,42 @@ tuios[226383]: a daemon is already running (PID 1603888). Stop it with 'tuios ki - 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 + +- 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]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..44a655b --- /dev/null +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17.md @@ -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 + +- 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]] diff --git a/bin/harness b/bin/harness index 1a0f1d2..f26a06e 100755 Binary files a/bin/harness and b/bin/harness differ diff --git a/bin/office b/bin/office index e74a5aa..2b65da9 100755 --- a/bin/office +++ b/bin/office @@ -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") diff --git a/tui/board.go b/tui/board.go index 504e8f3..2daec65 100644 --- a/tui/board.go +++ b/tui/board.go @@ -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"), diff --git a/tui/project.go b/tui/project.go index cc9e618..946cd95 100644 --- a/tui/project.go +++ b/tui/project.go @@ -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"), diff --git a/tui/toolpane.go b/tui/toolpane.go index 37d0d06..1d84312 100644 --- a/tui/toolpane.go +++ b/tui/toolpane.go @@ -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, "" +}