Fixes the constructed-definition indent leak user review spotted in
'make.tcl help' output (@cmd -help Description first line rendered less
indented than continuations): HELPTEXTS and the inline shell/help/toplevel
help values are now block-form (first value line whitespace-only) with a bare
@normalize in every constructed definition, per G-045's preferred style. The
braced option fragments never leaked (literal block-shaped parts get
file-style normalization) and head-form values are contractually untouched by
@normalize. Also adds a define-time capability probe (punk::args::get_spec on
representative ids inside the guarded block) so a stale punk::args that
accepts the raw text but cannot resolve a mechanism (e.g pre-@normalize
snapshots) degrades to the plain fallback immediately instead of erroring at
first parse.
AGENTS infrastructure for future documentation work: src/modules/AGENTS.md
"Documentation And Comments" gains a "punk::args definition authoring
ergonomics" subsection (G-045 mechanisms: @normalize + block form for
constructed defs, -unindentedfields, -& record continuation, container
quoting rules; plus the G-030 lessons: explicit @form -synopsis for
script-level ids, -optional 0 for pointed choiceviolation errors);
src/AGENTS.md cross-references it and names ::punkboot::argdoc as the
in-tree constructed-def exemplar. Follow-up recorded in the G-030 archive.
Verified: flush Description rendering for toplevel/subcommand/shell/help
usage; dispatch, degraded mode (PUNKBOOT_PLAIN) and usage-error paths
re-verified; layout make.tcl copies re-synced via 'make.tcl bootsupport
-confirm 0' (punkcheck channel); goals_lint unchanged (only the pre-existing
G-078/G-081 index-mirror findings).
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ The latest `## [X.Y.Z]` header must match the `version` field in `punkproject.to
Entries are newest-first; one bullet per notable change. See the root `AGENTS.md`
"Project Versioning" section for the bump policy.
## [0.12.25] - 2026-07-14
- G-030 follow-up (user review): make.tcl's constructed punk::args definitions adopt the G-045 authoring mechanisms - @cmd -help bodies converted to block-form values with a bare @normalize per definition, fixing the constructed-definition indent leak (first Description line rendered less indented than continuations; the braced option fragments never leaked because literal block-shaped parts get file-style normalization). Added a define-time capability probe (get_spec on representative ids) so a stale punk::args that accepts the text but cannot resolve a mechanism degrades to the plain fallback immediately. AGENTS infrastructure for future documentation work: new "punk::args definition authoring ergonomics" subsection in src/modules/AGENTS.md (constructed-def @normalize + block form, -unindentedfields, -& record continuation, container quoting rules, explicit @form -synopsis for script-level ids, the optional-choice error-quality workaround), cross-referenced from src/AGENTS.md with ::punkboot::argdoc named as the in-tree exemplar. Layout make.tcl copies followed via the punkcheck channel.
## [0.12.24] - 2026-07-14
- G-030 (achieved): make.tcl dogfoods punk::args. All 15 subcommands are punk::args-declared ((script)::punkboot definitions with single-source summaries, shared option fragments and explicit @form -synopsis lines): bare `make.tcl`/`-help` render tabled usage with grouped subcommand summaries, `make.tcl help ?subcommand?` / `<subcommand> -help` show per-subcommand definitions, invalid flags and unknown subcommands raise punk::args usage errors (exit 1) with unambiguous-prefix resolution. New `-confirm 0|1` prompt policy on every confirmation point (bootsupport minor-staleness gate, vfscommonupdate REPLACE, kit-type mismatch): default prompts only on an interactive terminal and aborts fast with guidance on non-interactive stdin (the piped-`y` agent workflow is retired - use `-confirm 0`; the old vfscommonupdate decline half-abort now exits 1). punk::args joined the bootstrap-tracked staleness set (parsing contract only - the punk::ansi/textblock rendering stack degrades instead: minimal errorstyle/plain help when unhealthy, and full scan-based fallback dispatch when punk::args itself is unavailable; PUNKBOOT_PLAIN=1 forces the degraded mode). Bootsupport snapshot refreshed (args 0.5.0->0.12.0 plus punk/lib/ns/repl/tclcore moduledoc) and layout make.tcl/bootsupport copies followed via the punkcheck channel. Docs: src/AGENTS.md, src/bootsupport/AGENTS.md, src/modules/AGENTS.md, src/tests/shell/AGENTS.md. Dogfooding finding recorded in the goal file: punk::args 0.12.0 reports a generic overflow error where 0.5.0 reported a pointed choiceviolation for optional-choice mismatches (worked around with required leaders; candidate punk::args error-selection improvement).
@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Recovery after a wrong path guess:
- All build/promotion commands (`project`, `packages`, `modules`, `libs`, `vfs`, `vfslibs`, `bin`, `bootsupport`, `vfscommonupdate`) warn similarly when this project's own `src/` has uncommitted fossil/git changes (dirt outside `src/` is ignored). Warn-only by default; pass `-dirty-abort` to make the check aborting. For evaluating uncommitted source without a build, prefer `<builtexe> src` / `<builtexe> src shell`. The check is `punkboot::utils::vcs_dirty_warnings` (optional scope argument) loaded guardedly from bootsupport - if the snapshot is stale/missing the check degrades to a skip notice (but `-dirty-abort` then aborts rather than silently losing the requested strictness).
- Provenance warnings (dirty-src gate + vendorupdate source-project check) print with a plain column-0 `PROVENANCE-WARNING:` token (grep for it in captured build output) and are recapped at the end of the run via make.tcl's wrapped `::exit`. Interactive terminal runs get a 3-second ctrl-c grace countdown before a dirty build proceeds; piped/agent runs skip it. `tclsh src/make.tcl check` reports the current src provenance status and what the build commands would do.
- Use `tclsh src/make.tcl vfscommonupdate` to rebuild `_vfscommon.vfs`. The REPLACE confirmation prompts on an interactive terminal; unattended/agent runs must pass `-confirm 0` (with the default `-confirm 1` and a piped/closed stdin, make.tcl aborts fast with guidance instead of reading stdin - do not pipe `y`).
- make.tcl subcommands and flags are punk::args-declared (G-030): `tclsh src/make.tcl help ?subcommand?` or `<subcommand> -help` shows tabled usage; invalid arguments produce punk::args usage errors. The dispatch degrades to plain scan/help when the bootsupport punk::args (or its rendering stack) is stale or unavailable; `PUNKBOOT_PLAIN=1` forces the degraded mode for troubleshooting.
- make.tcl subcommands and flags are punk::args-declared (G-030): `tclsh src/make.tcl help ?subcommand?` or `<subcommand> -help` shows tabled usage; invalid arguments produce punk::args usage errors. The dispatch degrades to plain scan/help when the bootsupport punk::args (or its rendering stack) is stale or unavailable; `PUNKBOOT_PLAIN=1` forces the degraded mode for troubleshooting. The `::punkboot::argdoc` definitions are constructed (string-built) and use the G-045 authoring mechanisms — block-form help values + `@normalize`, explicit `@form -synopsis` — see src/modules/AGENTS.md "punk::args definition authoring ergonomics" before editing them or authoring similar definitions.
- Uncommitted `make.tcl`-generated outputs may be batched into one commit, regardless of how many `make.tcl` invocations produced them. This covers punkcheck-managed build outputs that are VCS-tracked: `src/bootsupport/`, `_vfscommon.vfs/modules` + `/lib`, and declared per-kit `*.vfs/lib_tcl<N>/<pkg>` subfolders. (Root `modules/`, `lib/`, `modules_tcl<N>/`, `lib_tcl<N>/` are gitignored and never committed.) Each module's old→new version rename is atomic; a regeneration reflects one build-output refresh, not independent hand-edits. This is a carve-out from generic "split aggressively" commit guidance for punkcheck-managed build outputs only — it does not cover user-curated VFS content (`_config/`, per-kit `*.vfs/` outside declared `lib_tcl<N>` subfolders, `_aside/`, `mkzipfix.vfs`, `_vfscommon.vfs/doc`), which commits separately per its own concerns.
- Use `punk make.tcl project` or `punk902z make.tcl project` inside Punk shell when building binaries through Punk.
- Binary images are platform-specific; build on each target platform rather than expecting a cross-platform flag.
Before writing or generating punk::args definitions, know the mechanisms punk::args >= 0.8.x provides — reach for these instead of re-inventing indent hacks:
- **File-style (braced-literal) definitions get whole-block indent normalization automatically** — they render independently of the code block's indentation. **Constructed (string-built) definitions do not**: any multi-line value interpolated via `[list ...]`/`format`/`string map` carries its source indentation as data. The tell-tale symptom is a rendered Description/help block whose **first line is indented differently from its continuation lines** (the renderer strips at most 4 leading spaces from continuations).
- **`@normalize`** (bare directive, like `@dynamic`) is the fix for constructed definitions: author multi-line values in **block form** (newline immediately after the opening quote/brace, so the first value line is whitespace-only; content lines uniformly indented) and the resolver re-bases them (first content line fully unindented, continuations to +4, deeper relative indents preserved, whitespace-only trailing line dropped). Head-form values (content on the first line) are contractually untouched, so `@normalize` is safe to add to a definition composed of both styles. In-tree exemplars: `::punk::helptopic::define_docs` (punk.tm) and make.tcl's `::punkboot::argdoc`.
- **`-unindentedfields {-help}`** (on argument lines and the `@cmd` directive) supports left-margin authoring as an alternative; supported and pinned by tests, but the preferred style for constructed defs is indented block form + `@normalize` (G-045 increment 2 decision).
- **`-&` record continuation** (unquoted trailing token) continues a record across lines *inside constructed strings*, where backslash-newline is consumed by the building code's own quoting; brace a literal `{-&}` to escape. Byte-identical assembly to the backslash equivalent.
- **Container quoting rules** (braced values fully literal; double-quoted values get Tcl backslash semantics with `$`/`[]` still literal; `\$\{...\}` for a literal placeholder) are documented in the `punk::args::define` -help — consult it rather than experimenting.
- **Script-level/constructed ids want an explicit `@form -synopsis`**: the auto-generated synopsis currently renders the definition id (e.g `(script)::punkboot::modules`), not `@cmd -name` — supply the real invocation string (G-030 lesson).
- For choice-restricted leaders/values in dispatch-style definitions, prefer `-optional 0` when the calling code only parses when a word is present: as of punk::args 0.12.0 a non-matching word for an *optional* choice arg falls through to a generic overflow error instead of a pointed choiceviolation (regression vs 0.5.0, recorded in goals/archive/G-030-maketcl-punkargs.md).
## Verification
- VS Code Tcl lint diagnostics are clean for modified `.tm` files when available.
