Home repo local-first: always create a repo, remote optional, backup state reported honestly - #44
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A non-interactive run with no RT_HOME_URL had only one place left to go: `rt home init`'s built-in default, which names a repo the operator does not own. The clean-room step of the release pipeline hit exactly that -- it tried to clone rt's author's private home repo from a CI runner and dead-ended the install at step 2 of 20. Failing was correct; attempting it was not. Interactively the case is answerable, so the gate is on nonInteractive AND no RT_HOME_URL. The gate is here rather than in home.init: the command erroring when it genuinely cannot clone is what a real user with a wrong RT_HOME_URL needs, and softening it there to quiet a headless run trades a good error for a silent one. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QMy7FiR4bcTt8GTNdmWALS
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A repo that was git init-ed and later given a remote has the remote ref
but no upstream config, so @{u} exits 128. It resolves on a clone, so
the wrong form passes everywhere except the path this spec creates.
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rev-list against an absent ref is fatal, and that is the state of the freshly attached remote this rule exists to serve. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…fault Deletes DEFAULT_USER_REPO_URL (a personal private repo) and adds resolveHomeUrl, a real precedence chain: --url > setup intent's homeRepo > RT_HOME_URL > null. lib/setup/steps/home.ts stops synthesizing --url from env now that rt home init resolves it directly. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
resolveHomeUrl's env rung was the one unseamed input in homeInit — every other seam (readIntent, materializeEnv, ageKeySeam, pickerSeam, isInteractive) already follows this call-time-defaulting pattern. Also fixes the new "no url anywhere" test, which previously depended on the ambient shell's RT_HOME_URL being unset. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…te, rev-list --count Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Green means a push actually happened, read from git's own remote-tracking
ref (never @{u}) — never merely that a remote is configured.
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Intent rung: `rt home init` read setup-intent.json from mattstackHome(), but intentPath() appends `.mattstack` itself, so the read landed one level too deep and RT_HOME_URL always won. Pass the OS home, matching every other caller, and cover it with a non-seamed test. Setup step: the `rt home init` failure remedy told users to run `gh auth login` even when the failure was a local `git init`/`commit` that contacted no host. Reserve that remedy for auth-shaped stderr. home.backup probe: report unborn repos honestly whether or not a remote is attached; treat only `origin` as a remote, since every push and ref comparison downstream is origin-only; carry the push step in the remedy; drop the module-load `createRealProbes()` that captured $HOME at construction. Daemon: same origin-only remote check, and the hand-attached-remote detection moves to the janitor tick so a no-op watch debounce stops paying five git spawns. Also: `RT_HOME_URL=""` is unset rather than a clone of "", `restore.homeRepo` is honoured, the initial commit runs with signing off and tolerates an empty tree, and the generated `home` docs pages no longer name the deleted default. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ned daemon commits Implements the spec's §3 lastPush record and five smaller residuals. - The daemon records each push outcome under its own kv key in HOME_SNAPSHOT_NS (never the row persistState rewrites wholesale every cycle), and the home.backup row reads it to name WHY a push is failing. Green gating is untouched: refs/remotes/origin/<branch> stays the sole evidence for ready, the record is diagnostic detail on a non-ready row. - home.backup stops calling a committer date a push time: "in sync — last commit <when>" off the ref tip, "in sync — last pushed <when>" only when the daemon's record supplies a real push timestamp. - Both daemon snapshot commits run with -c commit.gpgsign=false, matching the init path — a global signing config with an unusable key was failing them outright. - The home.init auth remedy stops sending local mkdir permission errors to `gh auth login`; a bare "permission denied" now needs the clone step or a remote-shaped token. - The hand-attached-remote probe is gated to reason !== "watch" rather than janitor-only, so `rt home snapshot` pushes a backlog immediately instead of the user waiting up to 30 minutes. - runHomeInit defaults readIntent to () => null, taking ~120 tests off a live setup-intent.json read; the one test that exercises the real disk read opts in explicitly and still fails on a double-.mattstack regression. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesLocal-first home repository flow
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change makes home repositories local-first and reports backup state explicitly, but initialization can still fail on systems without Git author identity after creating the repository, leaving later runs without the bootstrap commit; that recovery path should be fixed before merging. Detached-head status and malformed saved push records also remain bounded follow-up risks. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant homeInit
participant InitPlan
participant InitExecutor
participant HomeRepository
User->>homeInit: run rt home init
homeInit->>homeInit: resolve URL or null
homeInit->>InitPlan: build initialization plan
InitPlan->>InitExecutor: execute plan
InitExecutor->>HomeRepository: clone or git init
InitExecutor->>HomeRepository: create local initial commit
sequenceDiagram
participant SnapshotDaemon
participant HomeRepository
participant Origin
participant PushRecord
SnapshotDaemon->>HomeRepository: create snapshot commit
SnapshotDaemon->>HomeRepository: inspect origin tracking state
alt origin is attached and commits are ahead
SnapshotDaemon->>Origin: push commits
SnapshotDaemon->>PushRecord: record push outcome
else origin is absent
SnapshotDaemon-->>SnapshotDaemon: retain local commit
end
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lib/setup/__tests__/validators-rt-health.test.ts (1)
688-705: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueRestrict the real exec to
gitin this wiring test.
rtHealthRowsruns every validator, not onlyhomeBackupRow. This test passes the real exec to all of them, so unrelated rows spawn real binaries on the test machine. The assertion only covershome.backup. A narrowed exec keeps the test deterministic and fast.♻️ Proposed narrowing
- const rows = await rtHealthRows(fakeProbes({ home: root, exec: createRealProbes().exec }), { ci: false }, NOOP_FZF); + const realExec = createRealProbes().exec; + const gitOnlyExec: Probes["exec"] = async (argv, opts) => + argv[0] === "git" ? realExec(argv, opts) : { code: 0, stdout: "", stderr: "" }; + const rows = await rtHealthRows(fakeProbes({ home: root, exec: gitOnlyExec }), { ci: false }, NOOP_FZF);🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-23-home-repo-local-first-design.md`:
- Around line 48-53: Document the restore-intent fallback in all three affected
sites: in docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-23-home-repo-local-first-design.md
lines 48-53, add intent.restore.homeRepo after the top-level setup intent; in
lib/command-tree-def.ts line 837, update the --url hint to include the same
fallback; and in website/docs/reference/home/init.mdx line 23, update the
generated reference text accordingly.
In `@lib/home/init-exec.ts`:
- Around line 89-92: Update the bootstrap commit flow around exec.run and the
initial home-repository commit to supply a temporary Git author and committer
identity when user.name and user.email are unavailable, ensuring the commit
succeeds without changing global configuration. Preserve the existing “nothing
to commit” handling and StepFailed behavior for other failures.
In `@lib/home/push-record.ts`:
- Around line 31-35: Update isHomePushRecord to validate the optional error
field: accept records when error is absent or a string, and reject them when
error has any other type, while preserving the existing at and ok checks.
In `@lib/setup/validators/rt-health.ts`:
- Around line 413-415: Update originPushState and its caller to distinguish
detached HEAD from a missing remote-tracking branch. For detached repositories,
return a dedicated state and have the validation row recommend checkout or
inspection rather than “nothing pushed yet” or HOME_BACKUP_PUSH_ACTION; preserve
the existing no-ref behavior for attached branches without a remote reference.
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In `@lib/setup/__tests__/validators-rt-health.test.ts`:
- Around line 688-705: Update the rtHealthRows wiring test to use a narrowed
exec stub that delegates to the real createRealProbes().exec only for git
commands and avoids spawning unrelated binaries for other validators. Preserve
the existing home.backup assertions and repository setup while ensuring the test
remains deterministic and fast.
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| **`rt home init` owns resolution.** It resolves, in order: | ||
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| 2. the setup intent's `homeRepo` (§4) | ||
| 3. `RT_HOME_URL` in the environment | ||
| 4. **none of the above → `git init` a local-only repo** |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Document the restore-intent fallback.
The resolver uses intent.homeRepo, then intent.restore.homeRepo, then RT_HOME_URL. The current documentation skips the restore-intent rung.
docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-23-home-repo-local-first-design.md#L48-L53: addrestore.homeRepoafter the top-level setup intent.lib/command-tree-def.ts#L837-L837: include the restore-intent fallback in the--urlhint.website/docs/reference/home/init.mdx#L23-L23: include the restore-intent fallback in the generated reference text.
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docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-23-home-repo-local-first-design.md#L48-L53(this comment)lib/command-tree-def.ts#L837-L837website/docs/reference/home/init.mdx#L23-L23
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In `@docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-23-home-repo-local-first-design.md` around
lines 48 - 53, Document the restore-intent fallback in all three affected sites:
in docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-23-home-repo-local-first-design.md lines
48-53, add intent.restore.homeRepo after the top-level setup intent; in
lib/command-tree-def.ts line 837, update the --url hint to include the same
fallback; and in website/docs/reference/home/init.mdx line 23, update the
generated reference text accordingly.
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| const result = await exec.run(["git", "-c", "commit.gpgsign=false", "-C", "user", "commit", "-m", "initial home repo"]); | ||
| if (result.code !== 0 && !/nothing to commit/i.test(`${result.stdout}\n${result.stderr}`)) { | ||
| throw new StepFailed(result.stderr); | ||
| } |
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Handle missing Git author identity before the bootstrap commit.
If user.name and user.email are not configured, the bootstrap commit fails after user/.git is created. A later run detects user/.git and skips the local-only bootstrap steps, leaving the repository without a commit.
Provide a temporary identity for this commit, or detect an unborn repository and retry after setting the identity.
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In `@lib/home/init-exec.ts` around lines 89 - 92, Update the bootstrap commit flow
around exec.run and the initial home-repository commit to supply a temporary Git
author and committer identity when user.name and user.email are unavailable,
ensuring the commit succeeds without changing global configuration. Preserve the
existing “nothing to commit” handling and StepFailed behavior for other
failures.
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| function isHomePushRecord(value: unknown): value is HomePushRecord { | ||
| if (typeof value !== "object" || value === null) return false; | ||
| const record = value as Partial<HomePushRecord>; | ||
| return typeof record.at === "number" && Number.isFinite(record.at) && typeof record.ok === "boolean"; | ||
| } |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Validate the error field.
A record such as { at: 1, ok: false, error: 123 } passes this guard. pushFailureSummary() then calls .split() on that value when the repository is ahead. This rejects rt setup status instead of showing the backup warning.
Reject records whose error is present but not a string.
Proposed fix
- return typeof record.at === "number" && Number.isFinite(record.at) && typeof record.ok === "boolean";
+ return (
+ typeof record.at === "number" &&
+ Number.isFinite(record.at) &&
+ typeof record.ok === "boolean" &&
+ (record.error === undefined || typeof record.error === "string")
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| function isHomePushRecord(value: unknown): value is HomePushRecord { | |
| if (typeof value !== "object" || value === null) return false; | |
| const record = value as Partial<HomePushRecord>; | |
| return typeof record.at === "number" && Number.isFinite(record.at) && typeof record.ok === "boolean"; | |
| } | |
| function isHomePushRecord(value: unknown): value is HomePushRecord { | |
| if (typeof value !== "object" || value === null) return false; | |
| const record = value as Partial<HomePushRecord>; | |
| return ( | |
| typeof record.at === "number" && | |
| Number.isFinite(record.at) && | |
| typeof record.ok === "boolean" && | |
| (record.error === undefined || typeof record.error === "string") | |
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In `@lib/home/push-record.ts` around lines 31 - 35, Update isHomePushRecord to
validate the optional error field: accept records when error is absent or a
string, and reject them when error has any other type, while preserving the
existing at and ok checks.
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| const state = await originPushState(exec, repoDir); | ||
| if (state.kind === "no-ref") return row({ ...base, status: "needs-you", detail: "remote configured, nothing pushed yet", action: HOME_BACKUP_PUSH_ACTION }); | ||
| if (state.kind === "unknown") return row({ ...base, status: "needs-you", detail: "could not determine push status — the rev-list check failed" }); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Handle detached HEAD separately.
originPushState() returns no-ref for detached HEAD and for a missing refs/remotes/origin/<branch>. A detached home repository can already be synchronized, but this branch reports “nothing pushed yet” and recommends git push origin HEAD.
Return a distinct detached state. Show a checkout or inspection remedy instead of the first-push action.
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In `@lib/setup/validators/rt-health.ts` around lines 413 - 415, Update
originPushState and its caller to distinguish detached HEAD from a missing
remote-tracking branch. For detached repositories, return a dedicated state and
have the validation row recommend checkout or inspection rather than “nothing
pushed yet” or HOME_BACKUP_PUSH_ACTION; preserve the existing no-ref behavior
for attached branches without a remote reference.
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Why
commands/home.tshardcodedDEFAULT_USER_REPO_URL = "https://github.com/m4ttheweric/mattstack-home"— a private repo — as rt's fallback. Any other user installing mattstack.app withoutRT_HOME_URLreached for it. CI's clean-room step surfaced this the first time it ran end-to-end (release 32664342028), failing athome.initwithno RT_HOME_URL set — targeting rt's built-in default repo.The fix isn't just deleting the constant: with no default, "no URL" has to mean something. It means a local-only repo, which is a permanent, fully supported state — and one the user must be able to see is not backed up.
What
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rt home initowns URL resolution.resolveHomeUrlresolves--url→ intenthomeRepo→intent.restore.homeRepo→RT_HOME_URL→null. Previously the setup step synthesized--urlfrom the env var, so env arrived as rung 1 and an intent value could never outrank it.nullmeans local-only.2. The local-only init path. No URL plans
initUserRepo+commitInitialUserRepoinstead ofcloneUserRepo. The initial commit lands afterwriteGitignore/writeOwnersand beforeensureHomeAgeKey, so.sops.yamlstays uncommitted exactly as the clone path leaves it. Deletes the headlessappliesgate — skippinghome.initwould leave a clean-room with no home repo while everything downstream assumes one.3. The daemon treats "no remote" as a state. With no remote it commits, doesn't push, doesn't arm a retry, doesn't broadcast
home:push-failed. When a remote is attached by hand it notices unpushed history without waiting for a new commit. Push outcomes are recorded under their own kv key (spec §3) so the probe can say why a push is failing.4. The
home.backupprobe.needs-you(a real warning, never a dimskipped) for local-only, remote-but-never-pushed, and commits-ahead;readyonly when the remote-tracking ref exists and nothing is ahead of it.snapshot.pushstops claiming a push it never observed.The trap this branch is built around
The daemon pushes
git push -q origin HEADwith no-u, so a repo that wasgit init-ed and later given a remote hasrefs/remotes/origin/<branch>but nobranch.<name>.remote.@{u}exits 128 there. Every comparison usesrefs/remotes/origin/<branch>fromgit symbolic-ref --short HEAD, and a missing ref means everything-unpushed —git rev-listagainst an absent ref is fatal, not empty.This is invisible on a clone, which configures upstream. Every fixture therefore builds
git init→ commit →remote add→ push → push again, never a clone. Verified live under an isolated HOME: in the same repo where the probe correctly readsready,git rev-parse --abbrev-ref @{u}returnsfatal: no upstream configured for branch 'main'.Verification
3467 pass / 1 skip / 0 fail,
tsc --noEmitclean. Live-verified from source underenv -i HOME=<temp>across the full sequence — local-only → warn "local only — your settings are versioned on this machine but are not backed up anywhere"; remote attached → warn "remote configured, nothing pushed yet"; after push → pass; one commit ahead → warn "1 commit(s) not pushed". The critical-check tally is unchanged by the new row.Each of the four tasks got a task review plus a fix loop; the branch then got a whole-branch review and two fix waves. Notable catches: the intent rung was wired to
mattstackHome()whileintentPath()appends.mattstackitself, so rung 2 was silently dead andRT_HOME_URLalways won — reinstating the exact inversion this branch removes; the published docs still named the private repo by URL; and an unborn branch (remote, zero commits) would have armed an impossible push and retry-stormed.Known follow-ups (deliberately not here)
hasRemotetreats a spawn failure/timeout (exitCode: -1) as "no remote"; worst-casert verifylatency from sequential 15s-budget execs; test fixtures inherit the developer's global gitconfig;rt home statusstill reports "last pushed" from in-memory state that resets on daemon restart.Out of scope by design (installer lane owns them):
SetupIntent.homeRepo's producer and the app setup screen,rt home remote set <url>, and creating a remote on the operator's behalf.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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rt home initcan create a local Git repository when no remote URL is configured.--url, setup configuration, orRT_HOME_URL.Documentation