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Summary

Docs-only follow-up to #197. .github/copilot-instructions.md had not been touched since before the lib/ modularization (#119) and described a repository that no longer exists. While fixing it, the six .github/instructions/*.instructions.md files and CONTRIBUTING.md turned out to share one larger error: they tell contributors to hand-edit the three completion files, which are generated.

Copilot instructions (rewritten)

The old file described bin/gtr as a 961-line monolith with a case block at lines 36-77, an open command, cmd_* functions defined inside bin/gtr, six lib/*.sh files, and GTR_VERSION on line 8. The new file is a condensed guide (83 lines) matching the current tree: bin/git-gtr entry point, ten lib/*.sh modules plus 18 lib/commands/*.sh, the adapter registry model with three file overrides, editor instead of open, pr/trust/cd handling, the --porcelain contract, sparse inheritance, the three CI gates, GTR_DEBUG, and the release flow. Terminology matches the AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md refresh in #197.

Completions are generated, not hand-edited

completions/gtr.bash, completions/_git-gtr, and completions/git-gtr.fish carry AUTO-GENERATED ... DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY headers, are produced by scripts/generate-completions.sh from _EDITOR_REGISTRY, _AI_REGISTRY, _CFG_KEY_MAP, and the script's own templates, and CI fails when --check finds a difference. Every place that said "update all three completion files" now says to edit the source and regenerate:

  • completions.instructions.md rewritten around the generator; applyTo now includes scripts/generate-completions.sh and uses the real filename git-gtr.fish (it listed gtr.fish).
  • editor.instructions.md, ai.instructions.md, CONTRIBUTING.md (adapter sections and the PR checklist).

Other instruction-file fixes

  • testing.instructions.md: replaces "all manual (no automated tests)" with the BATS, ShellCheck, and completions commands that CI runs; applyTo adds bin/git-gtr and tests/**/*.bats; open becomes editor; the adapter sourcing example uses adapters/editor/nano.sh (cursor.sh does not exist under adapters/editor); adds pr, clean --dry-run, trust, and GTR_DEBUG.
  • lib.instructions.md: replaces the stale lib/core.sh:97-100 pointer with get_current_branch(); the cfg_default precedence now includes .gtrconfig and the trust gate; adds sanitize_branch_name and run_hooks_in.
  • sh.instructions.md: set -e is in bin/git-gtr; adds GTR_DEBUG; notes gh/glab as optional dependencies for pr and clean.

Relationship to #197

Both PRs add an entry under ## [Unreleased] in CHANGELOG.md, so whichever merges second needs a trivial rebase of that hunk. #197 also gets a small follow-up commit so AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md stop saying "update all three completion files".

Verification

  • Every structural claim was checked against origin/main: dispatcher cases and set -e/GTR_VERSION in bin/git-gtr, ls lib lib/commands adapters/*, ls tests/*.bats, the registry formats in lib/adapters.sh, cmd_help's by-name lookup in help.sh, cfg_default in lib/config.sh, the --check and file-write paths in scripts/generate-completions.sh, the DO NOT EDIT headers in completions/*, and the three jobs in .github/workflows/lint.yml.
  • No shell code changed.

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  • Documentation
    • Streamlined repository, contributor, and AI guidance.
    • Documented generated-completion workflows, including shell-specific behavior and validation.
    • Updated editor guidance and examples to use the current editor command.
    • Expanded testing guidance with automated checks, shell validation, smoke tests, and adapter coverage.
    • Clarified configuration precedence, Git fallback handling, branch-name sanitization, hook behavior, debugging limitations, and optional CLI dependencies.
    • Updated the unreleased changelog to reflect these documentation and workflow changes.

…the current layout

.github/copilot-instructions.md predated the lib/ modularization: it
described bin/gtr as a 961-line monolith with a case block at fixed line
numbers, an `open` command, cmd_* functions inside bin/gtr, six lib
files, and GTR_VERSION on line 8. Rewritten as a condensed guide that
matches bin/git-gtr, lib/*.sh, lib/commands/*.sh, the adapter registry,
the BATS suite, and the CI gates.

The per-pattern instruction files and CONTRIBUTING.md carried the same
drift plus one larger error: they told contributors to hand-edit the
three completion files, which are generated by
scripts/generate-completions.sh and rejected by CI when they differ.

- completions.instructions.md: rewritten around the generator; applyTo
  now covers scripts/generate-completions.sh and the real fish filename
- testing.instructions.md: add the BATS/ShellCheck/completions gates,
  drop "all manual", open -> editor, source nano.sh (cursor.sh does not
  exist under adapters/editor), add pr/clean/trust smoke lines, GTR_DEBUG
- lib.instructions.md: replace a stale core.sh line reference with
  get_current_branch(), add .gtrconfig and trust gating to the
  cfg_default precedence, open -> editor
- sh.instructions.md: set -e lives in bin/git-gtr, add GTR_DEBUG, note
  gh/glab as optional deps
- editor/ai.instructions.md, CONTRIBUTING.md: regenerate completions
  instead of editing three files; name the _help_* functions
- CHANGELOG: record under Unreleased
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The PR updates repository guidance for the modular layout. It documents generated completions, current commands and paths, validation, debugging, configuration, testing, adapter maintenance, and release guidance. No shell code changes are included.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Current repository guide
.github/copilot-instructions.md
The guide now describes the modular layout, commands, configuration, adapters, validation, debugging, releases, and generated completions.
Generated completion maintenance
.github/instructions/completions.instructions.md, .github/instructions/ai.instructions.md, .github/instructions/editor.instructions.md, CONTRIBUTING.md
The instructions identify generated completion sources, regeneration commands, consistency checks, and required documentation updates.
Validation and operational guidance
.github/instructions/lib.instructions.md, .github/instructions/sh.instructions.md, .github/instructions/testing.instructions.md, CHANGELOG.md
The guidance now uses current paths and commands and documents trust, debugging, dependencies, automated checks, smoke tests, adapter coverage, and unreleased changes.

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Comment thread CONTRIBUTING.md Outdated
CONTRIBUTING.md's two adapter "Also update" entries now list the
docs/configuration.md editor list and AI tool table, matching the
editor/ai instruction files. Also correct those files and the Copilot
guide to say "list" for editors, since docs/configuration.md presents
editors as a bullet list and only AI tools as a table.
The review of #197 established that run_hooks_in does not handle
postCd. This PR added the same incorrect claim: run_hooks evaluates
each hook in a subshell and serves postRemove, run_hooks_in adds a cd
for postCreate and preRemove, and postCd goes through run_hooks_export
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The review read "its callers wrap it in one" as contradicting the
purpose of run_hooks_export. Both call sites do use a subshell, as
lib/hooks.sh itself instructs, so the wording now names them and says
what the subshell is for: the exports reach the editor or AI tool
started in the same block without leaking into the main script.
Checked every added assertion against the code at 57ff3be:

- GTR_DEBUG does not report file:line:function. bin/git-gtr installs an
  ERR trap but sets `set -e` without `set -E`, so the trap is not
  inherited by functions and never fires for failures inside cmd_*
  handlers. Verified with a minimal repro (silent under `set -e`,
  fires under `set -eE`) and against the real binary. Stated in three
  files; all now describe the limitation and point to `bash -x`.
- postCd hooks reach the AI tool only. Both run_hooks_export call sites
  are AI paths; _auto_launch_editor, _open_editor and cmd_editor run no
  hooks.
- `git gtr completion zsh` does not print the generated file. Only the
  bash and fish branches cat it; zsh emits a zstyle + fpath + compinit
  snippet.
- `version` has no cmd_version; main() answers it inline.

Also widen sh.instructions.md's applyTo to cover bin/git-gtr and
bin/gtr, which it describes but did not match, and correct the `cd`
dispatch wording.
Picks up the set -eE fix from #199. The Copilot guide, shell conventions
and testing matrix now describe GTR_DEBUG as working, including inside
the subshell cmd_run uses, rather than documenting it as inert. The
changelog also distinguishes the two postCd dispatch paths instead of
attributing them to the AI path alone.
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ddullah added a commit to TigerEye-Enterprise/git-worktree-runner that referenced this pull request Sep 28, 2026
* Detect and recover locked worktree entries with missing directories (coderabbitai#182)

git worktree prune skips locked entries by design, so a locked worktree
whose directory was deleted (e.g. a crashed agent session) lingers in the
registry and keeps its branch checked out. clean now detects this, offers
to unlock and prune (auto-confirmed by --force/--yes, previewed by
--dry-run), and prints the manual recovery command when declined.

* feat(clean): support closed PR cleanup (coderabbitai#183)

* feat(clean): support closed PR cleanup

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* Release v2.8.0

* Replace Homebrew bump action with direct formula update (coderabbitai#184)

* Replace Homebrew bump action with direct formula update

* Allow manual formula bump via workflow_dispatch

* Return non-zero when git gtr rm fails (coderabbitai#190)

* Fix rm exit status on removal failures

* Test public rm failure status

* chore: prepare v2.8.1 release

* fix(copy): bound includeDirs discovery (coderabbitai#191)

* fix(copy): bound includeDirs discovery

* test(copy): allow filesystem result order

* fix(copy): preserve basename fallback

* chore: prepare v2.8.2 release

* feat: inherit sparse-checkout in new worktrees (coderabbitai#186)

* feat: inherit sparse-checkout in new worktrees

When creating a new worktree from one with sparse-checkout enabled,
the new worktree inherits the cone pattern automatically. Controlled
by gtr.sparse.inherit config (default on) and --sparse/--no-sparse
flags. Adds reusable helpers for sparse-checkout replication.

* fix(sparse): address CodeRabbit review feedback on sparse-checkout inheritance

- Preserve slash-separated branch paths in _worktree_path_for_ref
- Allow fallback to top-level worktree when matching worktree is not sparse
- Add Git 2.25+ guard for sparse-checkout support with full checkout fallback
- Fix non-cone mode to use init --no-cone (git defaults to cone mode)
- Improve error handling: failed sparse inheritance now falls back to full
  checkout and hard-errors if that fails, instead of leaving --no-checkout
  worktree empty
- Add tests for slash refs, non-cone inheritance, and sparse config precedence

* fix: harden sparse-checkout inheritance

* fix: support pre-2.20 config lookup

* fix: align sparse sources with git refs

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* Add PR worktree checkout command (coderabbitai#187)

* feat: add pull request worktree command

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* fix: make pr worktrees gh-aware

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* Run CI on fork pull requests (coderabbitai#185)

* Run CI on fork pull requests

* fix(ci): minimize fork pull request permissions

* chore: prepare v2.9.0 release

* feat: add machine-readable worktree creation for agents (coderabbitai#192)

Adds stable porcelain output and hook disposition reporting for shell-native agent integrations, with tests and documentation.

* chore: prepare v2.10.0 release

* Refresh editor and AI adapter guidance (coderabbitai#193)

* Refresh editor and AI adapter guidance

* Address PR review: mark legacy adapter rows

* chore: prepare v2.11.0 release

* Use preinstalled ShellCheck in CI (coderabbitai#194)

ci: use preinstalled ShellCheck

* docs: add maintainers section to README (coderabbitai#195)

The repository has a CODEOWNERS entry but nothing in the README identifies
who maintains the project, so anyone landing on it has to check the
contributors graph to find out.

Also links the contributor list, since much of the adapter, platform and
shell-integration surface came from outside contributions.

* fix: make GTR_DEBUG actually report the failing location (coderabbitai#199)

bin/git-gtr installed an ERR trap when GTR_DEBUG was set but ran under 'set -e' alone. An ERR trap is inherited by functions, command substitutions and subshells only under 'set -E', and every command runs inside main() and a cmd_* handler, so the trap never fired.

Switch the option line to 'set -eE'. With no ERR trap installed the option has no effect, so the default path is unchanged.

Adds tests/debug_trap.bats covering the function and subshell contexts, plus silence on success, on a handled error path, and when GTR_DEBUG is unset.

* docs: refresh agent guides, README flags, and troubleshooting for v2.11 (coderabbitai#197)

Brings AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, README and the docs/ pages in line with what shipped in v2.9 through v2.11.

Fixes two errors: AGENTS.md pointed at a nonexistent adapters/ai/Codex.sh, and docs/troubleshooting.md told users to run 'bash -x git gtr', which cannot work because git is a binary. The architecture diagram there also had bin/git-gtr and bin/gtr the wrong way round.

Adds --sparse/--no-sparse to the README, the missing GTR_* fallback variables and the direct-read variables to docs/configuration.md, and a side-effect section to docs/agent-usage.md. AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md now cover pr, trust, clean --closed, sparse inheritance, postCd dispatch and the current test layout.

* docs: rewrite Copilot instructions and align contributor guides with the current layout (coderabbitai#198)

The Copilot instructions predated the lib/ modularization: they described bin/gtr as a 961-line monolith with an 'open' command, cmd_* functions inside bin/gtr, six lib files, and GTR_VERSION on line 8. Rewritten as a condensed guide matching bin/git-gtr, the ten lib modules plus 18 command files, the adapter registry, pr/trust/cd handling, the --porcelain contract and the CI gates.

The per-pattern instruction files and CONTRIBUTING.md told contributors to hand-edit the three completion files, which are generated by scripts/generate-completions.sh and verified by CI. Every such place now says to edit the source and regenerate.

Also corrects four claims an independent verification pass disproved: the GTR_DEBUG behavior, the postCd dispatch paths, what 'git gtr completion zsh' prints, and the cmd_<command> dispatch rule.

* chore: prepare v2.11.1 release

* fix(tests): canonicalize the temp repo path in the integration helper (coderabbitai#200)

setup_integration_repo took its path straight from mktemp -d, which on macOS returns /var/folders/... while /var is a symlink to /private/var. git canonicalizes when it registers a worktree, so the preRemove hook received the /private/var spelling and 'cmd_clean --merged uses nested registered worktree path' compared it against the /var one.

This is the test's expectation being wrong rather than a product bug: passing a /var path to 'git worktree add' makes git itself register the resolved one.

Resolving the path once in the helper fixes it for every integration test. Linux is unaffected, since mktemp -d returns /tmp with no symlink, which is why CI stayed green.

Local suite now passes 561/561, previously 560/561.

* chore: normalize Windows shell execution for TigerEye

(cherry picked from commit 26ceb92)

* fix: make trust hashing portable and fail closed (#3)

Bead: TE-7sebjb
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