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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]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|now]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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---
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## Update (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
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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`.
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Key conventions/architecture learned this turn:
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- 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.
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- 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*`.
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- Base branch is now detected (not hardcoded to main) so repos on `master` work; set in both `policy.baseRef` and workspace `defaultRef`.
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- Worktree policy is fixed at project creation; `local_path` cannot later become `git_worktree`.
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- `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").
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- 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.
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- `t` in the project screen opens lazygit (0.66.2) in the project folder.
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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`.
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 90%
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- Reason: Durable architecture, commands, and file conventions for the active pack repo, evidenced across multiple tool outputs.
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 09:39:17 -->
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|initializing a folder as a Paperclip project with the `office` gate]]
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- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness: office creation gate + project git tab + per-screen warning banner (commit 4be72da)]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in|Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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@@ -158,3 +158,159 @@ I have not touched `~/SECURITY`. It is still not a repository, and I will not ru
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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]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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---
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## Update (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
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## Rich discovery update (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
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Built, verified on screen, and pushed. Here is what exists now.
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## The gate: `office` never writes history
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Answer **Y** and it stops before committing, deliberately:
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```
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/tmp/gate1 is not a git repository, so a task cannot have its own branch and worktree.
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without one, two tasks can change the same files at once, and there
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is no diff to review and nothing to merge.
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Y make the repository, write .gitignore with .paperclip/, stage everything,
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and stop. You commit it in lazygit, then run this command again.
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N create the project in place instead: no branches, no diff, nothing to merge.
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```
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Verified by running it three ways:
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| input | result |
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|---|---|
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| no repo, no terminal, no flag | changes nothing, prints the three commands |
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| `Y` on a repo with no commit | `wrote .gitignore, ignoring .paperclip/`, staged `.gitignore` and the file, **no commit**, **no project created** |
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| `--commit-all` | repo, `.gitignore`, commit, then the project is created with worktrees |
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After the staged run, the folder looked like this — which is exactly the state you want to open lazygit in:
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```
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$ git status --short
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A .gitignore
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A a.md
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$ cat .gitignore
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# Paperclip puts each task's worktree inside this folder, at .paperclip/.
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# It is a checkout of this repository, so it must never be committed.
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.paperclip/
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# Add your own patterns below, one per line. For example:
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# evidence/
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# .env
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# *secret*
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```
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Two things I fixed while in there, both real faults:
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- 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;
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- 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`.
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## The `git` tab: live on screen in `Project>project`
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Before fixing `.gitignore` in `test-alpha`:
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```
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THIS FOLDER
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repository yes · branch main
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commits 3
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remote none — not needed for worktrees
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changed 0 staged · 0 unstaged · 2 untracked
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.gitignore missing — .paperclip/ must be in it
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worktrees isolated_workspace · git_worktree · base main
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WHAT TO DO
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.paperclip/ is not ignored: a commit would swallow every worktree.
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t lazygit · select .gitignore · e to edit · add .paperclip/
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Then run R rebuild so every pane is built against the new state.
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WORKTREES, AS PAPERCLIP SEES THEM
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AUD-172-add-a-status-md-with-one-line clean · 1 behind · merged into base
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This workspace is 1 commit behind main.
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```
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and after:
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```
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.gitignore .paperclip/
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worktrees isolated_workspace · git_worktree · base main
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WORKTREES, AS PAPERCLIP SEES THEM
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AUD-172-add-a-status-md-with-one-line clean · 1 behind · merged into base
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```
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The top half is git run in the folder. The bottom half is Paperclip's own
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`close-readiness` scan, so "1 behind", "merged into base" and the warning text are Paperclip's
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words, not a second opinion of mine.
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`t` opens lazygit in the project folder. I pressed it, saw lazygit open on the right repository,
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and closed the pane again — the session is back to eight windows.
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## The warning line: once per screen, not once per panel
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My first attempt put it in the frame, which the board draws three times side by side, so the
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warning appeared three times on one row. It is now a wrapper around each screen:
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```
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commit will swallow the worktrees — .paperclip/ is not in .gitignore · Project>project → git
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╭─ tasks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·focus· ╮ ╭─ the chosen task …
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```
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It takes the title line and leaves the panels and the key hints untouched. After writing the
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`.gitignore`, pressing `R` cleared it and the title came back. There is a test for exactly this:
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one warning, height unchanged, footer preserved.
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## lazygit, confirmed
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`lazygit 0.66.2`, with the code paths for `ignoreOrExcludeFile` and the menu items
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**Add to .gitignore** and **Add to .git/info/exclude**. Files panel `i` ignores the selected file
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or folder, `space` stages, `c` commits, `A` amends, `e` edits — including `.gitignore`. Paths
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only, so a pattern like `*secret*` is typed in the file. Nothing in our interface duplicates it.
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## What is now honest that was not before
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- Paperclip does not check that a project folder is a repository. The gate is the only early check.
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- A worktree is a checkout of a commit, so **what you commit is what the agent can see** — the
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reason the tool stops before committing instead of doing it for you.
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- **`.paperclip/` in `.gitignore` is not a preference.** Paperclip puts its worktrees inside the
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project folder; without that entry a commit puts checkouts of the repository inside itself.
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- A project's worktree policy is fixed at creation, so `local_path` cannot become `git_worktree`
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later. The tab says so; it does not pretend otherwise.
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## Committed and pushed
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`paperclip-harness` → `4be72da`. Go builds, `go vet` is clean, and the frame tests pass including
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the new banner test. The updated commands and the new binary are also copied to `.27` and `.51`,
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so all three machines are in step.
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Nothing was done to `~/SECURITY`, and I have not run `office` on it. When you are ready it will ask
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you Y or N, write the `.gitignore`, and stop so you can commit it in lazygit yourself.
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## Source paths observed
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- `home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness/bin/ha`
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- `github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/docs/Custom_DiffRenderers.md`
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- `.git/info/exclude`
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 84%
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- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 09:39:17 -->
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|initializing a folder as a Paperclip project with the `office` gate]]
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- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness: office creation gate + project git tab + per-screen warning banner (commit 4be72da)]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in|Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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@@ -1292,3 +1292,35 @@ Follow-up: machines can then drive each other via `office <folder> --project|--n
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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]]
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- 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]]
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- 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]]
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---
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## Update (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
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Deliverables landed in `paperclip-harness` at commit `4be72da` (pushed `f7b77f3..4be72da main -> main`):
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- `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.
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- `--commit-all` flag: full repo + `.gitignore` + commit + project with worktrees.
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- 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).
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- `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.
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- 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).
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- `t` in project screen opens lazygit in the project folder (verified, pane then closed).
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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`.
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Note: git status immediately before showed untracked `.harness/` (separate from `.paperclip/`).
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 90%
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- Reason: Concrete shipped change with commit hash, validation, and follow-ups.
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 09:39:17 -->
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|initializing a folder as a Paperclip project with the `office` gate]]
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- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness: office creation gate + project git tab + per-screen warning banner (commit 4be72da)]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in|Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
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---
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type: observation
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id: observation.paperclip-harness.paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in
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title: Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration
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status: active
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source_of_truth: false
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freshness: current
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last_reviewed: 2026-11-12
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tags:
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- pack/paperclip-harness
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- agent-memory/observation
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- paperclip-harness
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- git-worktrees
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- gitignore
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- lazygit
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- close-readiness
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---
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# Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration
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- Paperclip does not check whether a project folder is a git repository; the `office` gate is the only early check.
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- 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.
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- `.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.
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- A project's worktree policy is fixed at creation; `local_path` cannot be converted into `git_worktree` later. The project tab states this explicitly.
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- `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.
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- 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`).
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- Session window baseline after opening/closing a pane: 8 shell/board/work/agents/reply/new/project/repair windows plus lazygit pane.
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## Evidence
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- Confidence: 85%
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- Reason: Factual, evidence-backed invariants and tool behaviors a future agent needs to avoid regressions.
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## Related
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- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]]
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## Related learned memories <!-- same-turn-2026-11-12 09:39:17 -->
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|paperclip-harness]]
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- runbook: [[packs/paperclip-harness/70-runbooks/tmp-deployment-operations|initializing a folder as a Paperclip project with the `office` gate]]
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- action: [[packs/paperclip-harness/40-actions/2026-11-10-wrote-docs-ui-layout-md-and-three-live-layout-mockups|paperclip-harness: office creation gate + project git tab + per-screen warning banner (commit 4be72da)]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/paperclip-worktree-gitignore-coupling-and-close-readiness-in|Paperclip: worktree/`.gitignore` coupling and close-readiness integration]]
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- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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@@ -6530,3 +6530,159 @@ Say go and I will build it in this order: the creation gate (with `defaultRef` a
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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]]
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- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|git_repo]]
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- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|git_repo repository structure and configuration patterns]]
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---
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## Update (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
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## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-12 09:39:17)
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Built, verified on screen, and pushed. Here is what exists now.
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## The gate: `office` never writes history
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Answer **Y** and it stops before committing, deliberately:
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```
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/tmp/gate1 is not a git repository, so a task cannot have its own branch and worktree.
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without one, two tasks can change the same files at once, and there
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is no diff to review and nothing to merge.
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Y make the repository, write .gitignore with .paperclip/, stage everything,
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and stop. You commit it in lazygit, then run this command again.
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N create the project in place instead: no branches, no diff, nothing to merge.
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```
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Verified by running it three ways:
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| input | result |
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| no repo, no terminal, no flag | changes nothing, prints the three commands |
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| `Y` on a repo with no commit | `wrote .gitignore, ignoring .paperclip/`, staged `.gitignore` and the file, **no commit**, **no project created** |
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| `--commit-all` | repo, `.gitignore`, commit, then the project is created with worktrees |
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After the staged run, the folder looked like this — which is exactly the state you want to open lazygit in:
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```
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$ git status --short
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A .gitignore
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A a.md
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$ cat .gitignore
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# Paperclip puts each task's worktree inside this folder, at .paperclip/.
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# It is a checkout of this repository, so it must never be committed.
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.paperclip/
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# Add your own patterns below, one per line. For example:
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# evidence/
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# .env
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# *secret*
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```
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|
||||
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
|
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|
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WHAT TO DO
|
||||
.paperclip/ is not ignored: a commit would swallow every worktree.
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||||
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]]
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -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 <!-- 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]]
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -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]]
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user