Rework the proposed G-047 for mixed git/fossil-preferring teams: committed
[workflow] vcs in punkproject.toml declares the team primary (authoritative
interchange); the same key in an uncommitted punkproject.local.toml redirects
an individual developer's unqualified commit instructions. Resolution order:
local override > project field > filesystem detection. Drops the
one-directional batched-checkin claim (developer committing granularly to the
secondary owns batching up to the primary) and records that punk internal
machinery (punkcheck related-project tracking, G-027 pull, G-016 discovery)
stays standardized on fossil regardless of the declared field. New detail
file records rejected alternatives and rationale.
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Both user-approved, drafted from the 2026-07-09 characterization findings with
their acceptance criteria anchored to the pinned GAP tests.
- G-045 (authoring ergonomics): parser-recognised record continuation
(candidate: unquoted trailing -& with collision rules and an element-count
disambiguation alternative recorded), @cmd honouring -unindentedfields,
constructed (string-built) definitions able to opt into the whole-block
indent normalization file-style definitions get (de-hacking
::punk::helptopic::define_docs as the consumer proof), and the
braced-vs-quoted container quoting rules promoted from defquoting.test into
the define documentation.
- G-046 (deferred -help + fixes): headline item per user emphasis at approval
- argument resolution stops processing -help/display-only fields, deferring
their tstr expansion to display time with separate parse-vs-display caching
(per the existing in-source review note), for measurable first-parse gains
and fixing the reentrancy class reproduced with punk::ansi::mark_columns
(~3.94s first call: its -help calls a proc that calls mark_columns, whose
parse resolves the same still-resolving definition). Plus: @dynamic
second-round multiline paramindent alignment, prefix-normalization value
shape (list-wrap of backslash-containing choices), -return string renderer
cmd-help continuation alignment, and the misleading goodargs 'Bad number of
leading values...' prefix in 'i <cmd> <args>' output.
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Activated and completed under user direction (2026-07-08). Aliases for choice
values are now first-class: accepted at parse, normalized to their canonical
choice in results, folded into the canonical entry in usage display, and
resolved identically by the punk::ns doc-lookup walk.
- punk::args 0.3.0:
* -choicealiases {alias canonical ...} on argument lines; dict shape
validated in the option switch, alias->existing-choice and no-collision
cross-validated after spec merge (surfaces at resolve time - define is
lazy)
* the choice-word matching chain extracted from get_dict into the shared
resolver punk::args::choiceword_match {word nocase allchoices
choicealiases choiceprefix denylist reservelist} -> {matched exact
canonical}; get_dict delegates to it (writeback/lset logic stays at the
call site) - one implementation for parser and doc walk
* exact aliases match under any -choiceprefix/-nocase setting; alias names
join the prefix-calculation pool when -choiceprefix is true; deny applies
to the matched NAME (denied alias requires the full alias; a canonical
reached via its alias is exempt from the canonical's own deny entry)
* display: aliases fold into the canonical entry as an '(alias: x)' /
'(aliases: x|y)' label note (single convergence point covers all render
paths); alias names join the display prefix calculation so highlighted
minimal prefixes stay truthful
* define doc gains the -choicealiases section
- punk::ns 0.1.2: cmd_traverse resolves subcommand words via choiceword_match
- -choiceprefixdenylist/-choiceprefixreservelist now honoured in doc lookup
(the two pinned parity GAP tests flipped to agreement), aliases normalize
before choiceinfo lookup, -nocase honoured in the walk
- punk 0.2.3: punk::help adopts the feature - 'i help' lists one entry per
registered topic (topics+help, tcl, env+environment, console+term|terminal);
topic words accept aliases and unique prefixes with the user-decided
minimum-prefix policy recorded in ::punk::helptopic: denylist {help}
(h/he/hel stay command words), reservelist {c to tc} (fall through to
command lookup; e/en and te/ter fall through naturally as ambiguous).
Argless 'help' output byte-identical to the strict-80 baseline.
- tests: choices.test +5 (alias exact/prefix normalization, noprefix exact-
only, nocase, the punk::help policy matrix, resolve-time validation);
cmdflow.test parity tests flipped from GAP to agreement + alias-traverse and
display-fold assertions (+flowaliased fixture)
- suites: punk/args 98 pass + 1 skip, punk/ns 28 pass, punk/lib 21 pass
- G-040 flipped active -> achieved 2026-07-08; detail file records
implementation and verification
- project 0.4.10 (CHANGELOG entry)
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New 'make.tcl vfslibs' step (also run inside 'make.tcl project' before kit vfs
assembly): propagates declared vendored platform-library packages into kit vfs
lib_tcl<N> trees, ending the hand-copying that let kits ship a known-buggy
tcludp through three make invocations (the G-036/G-037 motivating case).
- declaration: src/runtime/vendorlib_vfs.toml, parsed with bootsupport tomlish
(no ad-hoc parsing; G-024's mapvfs toml conversion NOT required first - this
file is recorded as a candidate for absorption into it). [install.<name>]
entries: source (relative to src/), targets (kit vfs lib folders relative to
src/vfs/), optional supersedes (folder names removed from each target before
install - explicit, no silent mixed-version provision per G-035 concerns).
- participation is per-package per-kit; authority is the declaration - nothing
syncs undeclared, so the known vendorlib/kit twapi drift is deliberately
untouched (resolves the direction/authority design question).
- punkcheck provenance at src/vfs/.punkcheck (gitignored, outside kit
payloads); skip-if-unchanged proven (rerun: 0 copied, 9 skipped per target);
malformed/unresolvable entries fail the build naming the entry (exit 3).
- 8.6 kits upgraded (the G-036 loose-end decision, recorded): tcludp 1.0.13 is
dual-generation (pkgIndex selects tcl9udp1013.dll on 9+, udp1013t.dll on
8.5+) so the single vendorlib_tcl9 source serves punk8win.vfs/lib_tcl8;
superseded udp1.0.12 removed.
- verified on rebuilt kits: punksys/punkbi (8.6.13) and punk902z (9.0.2) all
report package require udp == 1.0.13 loading the generation-appropriate dll
from their vfs; no udp1.0.12 remains under src/vfs; punksys piped-shell exit
smoke clean.
- G-037 flipped proposed -> achieved 2026-07-08 under user direction (no
intermediate active stop).
- includes project-build byproducts via established channels: bootsupport
snapshots refreshed to punk-0.2.1 / punk::lib-0.3.0 (from today's version
bumps) and make.tcl synced into layout copies.
- project 0.4.8 (CHANGELOG entry)
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Completes G-036's remaining acceptance item - version-based detection of the
vulnerable combination (tcludp < 1.0.13 on Tcl 9 Windows: the per-thread exit
handler closes the process-global sockListLock/waitForSock events, silently
freezing every other udp-using thread's event loop after any udp-loaded thread
exits; root-caused and fixed-by-upgrade in 0.4.3).
- punk::lib 0.3.0: has_libbug_udp_threadexit gathers live facts (loaded udp
version, else best available registered version discovered without loading
the binary via an unsatisfiable package require triggering the index scan)
and delegates the verdict to the pure classifier
libbug_udp_threadexit_applies (facts in, verdict out - testable). has_libbug_*
is the new check family for bundled/vendored library bugs; buginfo dicts may
carry a full 'url' reference key for non tcl-core trackers.
- punk 0.2.1: 'help tcl' scans has_libbug_* alongside has_tclbug_*, renders the
url key when present, and no longer errors on a triggered check carrying a
reference without a description (latent unset-indent fix).
- new checkbugs.test: classifier combination matrix, live-check dict shape and
classifier consistency, and a buginfo-contract test across all existing
check procs.
- verified: current kit (udp 1.0.13) reports bug=0 with no warning; a simulated
triggered has_libbug_* check renders description + url in the help tcl
warning block. Suites: punk/lib 21 pass, punk/ns 26 pass.
- G-036 flipped to achieved 2026-07-08 (index acceptance REMAINING annotated
DONE; detail file gains the Detection section). Open non-gating decisions
recorded in the detail file: punk8win (8.6) kit udp 1.0.12 swap; optional
upstream tickets for residual tcludp trunk weaknesses.
- project 0.4.7 (CHANGELOG entry)
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User-approved goal for interactive command completion and hinting in the repl
(raw mode primary), driven by the punk::args documentation corpus:
- command-word resolution via the same doc-lookup flow as 'i' (ensembles,
subcommands, ensemble parameters - characterized in cmdflow.test), argument
position via the definitions (options, choices with parse-consistent
prefix/deny/reserve matching, literals, multi-form awareness per G-041)
- activation preserves the editbuf's literal-tab support (tab is content in
this shell - completion cannot exclusively claim plain Tab; trigger scheme
decided and recorded at implementation)
- per-subshell completion-provider seam: the punk::args completer is the
default provider; a subshell can declare an alternative or none - minimum
bar is a clean disable for language subshells such as an interactive xtal
session (full xtal completion out of scope, not precluded)
- introspection must not execute candidate commands (arginfo principle);
no per-keystroke terminal queries added when idle (G-013 approach note)
Detail-file weaves from the same direction:
- G-041: form candidacy should be exposed as an API accepting PARTIAL argument
lists (per-form compatibility while typing) for the G-044 hinting consumer
- G-043: subshell definitions gain a repl-behaviour composition aspect
(completion/syntax provider); xtal-style language subshells recorded as the
motivating scenario, an actual xtal session deferred to its own future goal
- G-013: raw editor essentials noted as G-044's prerequisite; the editbuf
literal-tab constraint recorded as a standing approach note
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Both user-approved after a review of the intended plugin facility (punk::mix::init
pluginmgr todos, the punk::pluginmgr 0.5.1 tcllib fork, punk::cap provider/handler
system, punk::cap::handlers::templates pathtype resolution, punk::overlay
commandset composition and its toml-CLI todo).
- G-042: a named subshell declares help topics (name/aliases/summary/text) in
punk::config stored configuration, registered into the ::punk::helptopic
registry on entry and restored on exit, with an explicit shadowing policy.
Text-content only - config is data; code-bearing topics belong to the plugin
path where the trust story lives. Detail file records the registry seam
(punk 0.2.0), dependencies (hard on G-014; beneficial G-040/G-008/G-009),
and the plugin-facility relationship from the review.
- G-043: the umbrella for that plugin path - a punk.subshell capability whose
providers supply commandset bindings (punk::overlay import), help topics
(G-042's registry API) and config defaults per named subshell, with a
validating punk::cap handler, an equivalent data-only stored-config
declaration path (absorbing punk::overlay's ".toml configuration files for
defining CLI configurations" todo), and punk::pluginmgr as the discovery/
safe-interp trust layer for untrusted providers. Also absorbs punk::cap
housekeeping found in the review: pkg_unregister api-object cleanup and
unhandled-capability discoverability (the deliberate punk.isbogus silence).
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User-approved goal recording the multi-form feature gap characterized 2026-07-08
with an after-like fixture:
- punk::args::parse without -form (default *) does not attempt non-zero forms -
input matching only a later form (e.g. 'cancel after#1') fails with form 0's
type/arity error, so the appropriate form must currently be specified manually
- -form is documented as accepting a set/list of forms but accepts only a single
form name or integer index
- the documentation surface does not determine/mark the closest form
('i after cancel <id>' presents the default form; 's after cancel someid'
lists all synopses unmarked)
Detail file records the probe findings, an approach sketch (form candidacy with
a leading-literal fast path, -form list support, doc-surface marking), the
requirement that explicit single-form restriction remains available, and the
test-first sequencing (forms.test GAP pins flip when this goal is implemented).
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- GOALS.md: G-040 punk::args choice aliasing with parse normalization, display
folding, and doc-lookup parity (user-approved); detail file records the
prefix/deny/reserve collapse analysis from the punk::help work, the
cmd_traverse divergence, the c/to/tc minimum-prefix policy question, and the
test-first sequencing
- new punk/ns cmdflow.test (10 tests): cmdwhich/cmdinfo/cmd_traverse docid
flow - direct, via-alias and subhelp-choiceinfo resolution (exact + unique
prefix), unknown-word fallback to parent docid, -choiceprefix 0 exact-only,
space-delimited ids, cmdhelp -return string smoke; the parse-vs-doc-walk
divergence (deny/reserve lists honoured by punk::args::parse, ignored by the
cmd_traverse walk) pinned as GAP tests pending G-040
- choices.test: 4 new unrestricted-mode (-choicerestricted 0) tests - prefix
normalization to the canonical choice, unknown/ambiguous passthrough,
denylist and reservelist passthrough, and the punk::help collapse recipe
(prefix+deny+reserve on a -multiple leader)
- punk::args 0.2.2 (doc-only): define doc -choice* fields now state the
-choicerestricted 0 passthrough semantics, -choiceprefix result
normalization + minimal-prefix display highlighting, denylist behaviour for
shorter prefixes in both restricted modes, and the reservelist phantom-entry
idiom for per-choice minimum-prefix control
- suites: punk/args 74 pass + 1 skip (was 70+1), punk/ns 18 pass (was 8)
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Policy (GOALS.md maintenance rules, mirrored in root AGENTS.md and goals/AGENTS.md):
- agents apply goal-entry adds/edits only on user request, proposal-first: show the
proposed wording and get explicit approval before writing (replaces "only the user
adds or edits goals" - the user was applying agent-drafted edits by hand anyway)
- suggesting candidate goals is welcome and encouraged when grounded in the work at
hand; a suggestion is a flagged proposal, never a file edit; bulk goal surveys stay
out of bounds
- detail-file updates from user-directed work on a goal proceed without pre-approval,
reported in the completion summary; index stays canonical
- unchanged: achieved-flip on met acceptance (reported), no proposed->active flips
G-038 (user-approved):
- Acceptance gains a post-restart terminal-query clause: a code-interp query (e.g.
'help console') must succeed instead of being refused by the stale settled
can_respond=0 anchor
- detail file records the proven mechanism for the post-restart console failure
(piped phase settles can_respond=0; punkshell.tcl opens CONIN$ as a new channel
leaving the repl thread's stdin as the exhausted pipe; the anchored default console
keeps the dead pair; forced resettle honestly re-settles 0 via layer-1 eof), the
rebind requirements (re-point {in out} AND unsettle), and the hidden-console
repro/regression harness
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- G-039 (proposed): investigate/reproduce the orphaned-shell one-core spin
observed 2026-07-08 (single hard-looping thread after the hosting terminal
went away); detail file records the observation, repro/diagnosis approach
(reusing the G-036 dump tooling pipeline) and the G-038 coordination point
(dead console = failure branch of the console-EOF restart decision).
- G-036 acceptance reworked per user: standalone minimal repro waived as
moot (root cause proven and fixed upstream); remaining actionable is a
has_bug-style check reporting tcludp < 1.0.13 on Tcl 9 Windows through the
existing check/help machinery (simple version test, no behavioural probe).
Index and detail-file acceptance kept in sync.
- AGENTS.md User Preferences: cmd.exe truncates a heavily populated PATH -
tools resolvable in PowerShell may be not-found under cmd /c; use absolute
exe paths there and suspect truncation before absence.
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User identified the general least-surprise violation beyond the original
error-retention draft: `'set ::jjj blah' | punkexe` reaches an interactive
prompt where ::jjj does not exist - the piped-EOF restart silently swaps in
a fresh codethread/code interp, discarding variables, procs, packages, cwd
and errorInfo. Goal reworked to session continuity via the caller-driven
restart identified during G-036 (repl::start eof-restart done-mode without
codethread teardown; app-punkshell restarts on the reopened console without
repl::init). Error inspectability becomes an acceptance criterion that
likely falls out free (no re-init means no boot-noise re-stamping of
errorInfo); the standalone error-record mechanism is demoted to a recorded
fallback. Detail file renamed to match (slug change, ID preserved).
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Motivating transcript: piped `error xxxx` then interactive `set errorInfo`
shows tcllib virtchannel boot noise (caught `unset timer`) instead - the
restart boundary discards run-1's code interp, and bare ::errorInfo is
clobbered by internal caught errors anyway. Detail file records the two
mechanisms and design points (capture at the repl error-reporting site,
tsv/exitinfo handover, punk-owned record + one-line first-prompt notice,
quiet on clean pipes).
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Motivating case: the tcludp 1.0.13 upgrade for G-036 - libs, vfscommonupdate
and project all completed while every kit vfs still bundled udp 1.0.12,
requiring manual copies into each vfs lib_tcl9 folder.
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Index entry recorded active per user. The detail file carries the full
investigation record: diagnosis chain of the piped-stdin exit/quit hang,
evidence and scoring caveats, ruled-out repro ingredients, remaining
candidates, and inline tooling listings (standalone probe script and the
hidden-console batch scorer with its 2026-07-08 baseline: punk902z run-2
syslog workers wedged 4/4, punksys 8.6 alive 4/4). Upstream reporting is the
user's manual step, gated on re-verifying against a Tcl 9 built from current
core sources.
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New suite src/tests/modules/punk/libunknown/testsuites/shadowing/
(7 tests, all pass) pins the .tm same-version shadowing rules verified
experimentally 2026-07-06/07: tcl:™️:add PREPENDS each argument (last
arg ends at the head of tcl:™️:list); the head of tcl:™️:list wins
exact-version ties (single and separate add calls); a higher version
wins from any position (order only arbitrates exact ties); and
punk::libunknown preserves all of it (scanner parity). Shipped behaviour
depends on these rules - the runtests testinterp tm ordering (bootsupport
over vendormodules) and punk_main''s package-mode block precedence that
G-033''s proj:/kit-first design builds on - so a Tcl or libunknown change
that shifts the tie-break now goes red here instead of silently
mis-resolving.
Goal G-035 (proposed): characterise mixed .tm / pkgIndex.tcl provision of
the same package - same or differing versions, under standard package
unknown, punk::libunknown and punk::packagepreference, across
scan-trigger orderings, forget/re-require crossing forms, and 8.6/9.
Converts the standing informal rule ("avoid mixing provision forms for
one package - unexpected behaviour even with libunknown''s improvements")
from folklore into either substantiated AGENTS.md guidance with named
failure modes, or retirement if mixing proves predictable. Discovery
work, so goal-specified rather than written now; extends the shadowing
suite when implemented.
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Design review outcomes (2026-07-07):
- Syntax: proj is not a fifth ordered token (category error - the dash
list is an ordered sequence of path blocks whose order IS the
same-version tie-break dial, per the verified tm rules and punk_main''s
own comment). Decided form: [proj:]<block>[-<block>...] - the prefix
scopes WHICH project root dev/src resolve against (cwd walk-up to the
nearest VCS repo root vs exe-relative), staying outside the ordered
list whose semantics are untouched. Explicit prefix = no silent rebind
on cd. Rejected: auto-detection, an explicit flag (less convenient),
token-attached qualifiers.
- Shadowing: visitor mode makes cross-lineage same-version-different-code
ties structurally expected (binary and visited project snapshots are
different vintages by definition). Order only arbitrates exact ties -
dev-versioned, higher-versioned and kit-absent modules come from the
project in either order. Canonical documented invocation is
proj:internal-src (kit-first: the visiting shell''s infrastructure
survives ties; for a standalone downloaded binary the kit is its only
trustworthy lineage and internal is location-independent); proj:src
documented as the faithful-vintage variant. Trimmed kits (G-019)
compose gracefully - kit-first only arbitrates ties.
- Required boot notice: detected root + effective precedence.
- packagemode help text drafted and persisted in the detail file as the
designated G-032 source (live only when the prefix ships); G-032 detail
cross-references it.
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G-033: an explicit `proj` package-mode token lets an installed (visitor)
punkshell binary detect the punk project containing the cwd - walking up
to the nearest VCS repo root, the marker punk::repo::is_project_root
already uses - and set up source/dev library resolution against THAT
project, so `punkshell proj shell` explores a project interactively even
when the project builds no shell-capable binary (or no binary at all).
History check recorded: cwd project-structure detection was never active
in the boot modes (src/dev are exe-relative; os is shallow cwd-only), but
the runtime detector find_project already exists and dev commands use it -
so the marker question (VCS repo root, not punkproject.toml which tomlish
lacks) is already answered; this aligns boot modes with it. Explicit token
gates it per user decision (no silent rebind on cd); boot chicken-and-egg
(find_project is in punk::repo, not loadable at the package-mode phase)
handled by a lean inline VCS-root walk-up or post-boot deferral. Reuses
the existing src-mode path machinery, parameterised on the detected root.
Not gated on the module.templates/punk::cap plugin machinery.
G-034: zip-based #modpod modules (e.g. punk::mix::templates) fail to mount
in the shell subcommand's code interp on Tcl 8.6 - `dev module.templates`
errors with `invalid command name vfs::RegisterMount` / no template
providers - while the same call works via the script subcommand /
main interp (reproduced 2026-07-07). The code interp lacks the vfs::zip
library that supplies zip mounting for pre-zipfs Tcl. Tcl 9 (zipfs)
unaffected.
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New lean app package src/lib/app-punkscript behind the (previously stub)
script subcommand in punk_main.tcl:
- `<commands> | <punkexe> script` runs piped stdin to EOF - no trailing
exit needed; `<punkexe> script <file> ?args?` runs a file with
conventional ::argv0/::argv (bare non-subcommand first arg still
reclassifies to the file form). Script may itself read stdin in the
file form.
- Default punk shell environment via shared definitions (package punk
registers deck aliases e.g dev; punk::aliascore::init adds the utility
aliases) - no local alias lists, no boilerplate in piped one-liners.
- Honest exit codes: 0 success, 1 on error with errorInfo on stderr,
script''s own exit honoured. No shellfilter stacks/transforms, no
logging side effects, no interactive fallback (terminal stdin with no
scriptname is a usage error, never a blocking read or shell).
- Stdin form echoes the script''s final result when non-empty (one-shot
eval ergonomics: return-value commands like `dev projects.work <glob>`
emit their table without a puts wrapper); file form keeps pure script
semantics.
Verified on both generations (punk902z/tcl9 from _build - bin deploy was
file-locked; punksys/tcl8.6 from bin): piped success/error/exit-code,
file form with args and stdin passthrough, missing-file error, motivating
one-liner `dev projects.work *tomlish*` emitting the project table with
exit 0, `src` mode combination (dev modules load), and `shell` subcommand
regression smoke. G-015 flipped to achieved 2026-07-07 per GOALS.md
rules; goal detail records the verification and the manual console
spot-check item. Project version 0.3.0 (new user-visible shell
capability - minor bump).
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G-031: split the monolithic vfs main (punk_main.tcl: 1190-line apply
block - ~1060 lines boot machinery, ~100 lines dispatch tail) into a
layout-owned boot core (shipped via _vfscommon.vfs, sourced by
vfs-relative path since no package paths exist at boot; pull-updatable
per the G-027 ownership model) and a thin project-owned main declaring
app subcommands at commented customization points. Fork cost measured:
tomlish_main.tcl carries ~20 custom lines on a stale 500-line 2025
vintage copy; project_main.tcl (901 lines) same at template vintage -
boot improvements never reach derived projects. Acceptance: behaviour
parity across dispatch cases and vfs types, project subcommand added by
editing only the thin main (tomlish the proving ground), boot core
versioned/reportable (G-025).
G-032: the default dispatch defines subcommands via punk::args - tabled
-help enumerating built-in and project-registered subcommands, parsed
options with tabled usage errors (script/G-015 or version-report/G-025
as first candidates), G-030 degradation rules (guarded require; parsing
falls back to switch semantics, help to a plain list; rendering degrades
independently). Parked decision: the silent unknown-arg->script
reclassification should stop swallowing typos (candidate rule:
reclassify only when the argument names an existing file).
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G-030 (proposed): make.tcl - the first surface a developer sees - parses
subcommands/options via punk::args and showcases the tabled usage for
help and argument errors; every interactive y/n prompt gains a declared
flag equivalent (interactive stdin prompts as today; flag proceeds;
non-interactive stdin without the flag fails fast with usage instead of
hanging or half-aborting) so agents drive make.tcl with arguments rather
than piped y/n; punk::args joins the bootstrap-tracked staleness set.
Degradation is a hard requirement: boot stays self-contained and the
repair commands (check/bootsupport/modules) keep working with plain
fallback help when the bootsupport punk::args or the ANSI rendering
stack is stale/unavailable - this week''s stale-fileutil and
stale-textblock incidents are the cautionary tales.
G-015 detail: recorded the runx -tcl result-shape observation (dict keyed
{result stdout stderr}, no exitcode key unlike exec mode).
G-020 detail: stamped the 2026-07-07 decision - acceptance gates on a
full testable Windows system without requiring other platforms first.
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src/tests becomes the single source of truth for module test suites: a
punkcheck-tracked make.tcl step generates the packaged test::<modulename>
#modpod modules from src/tests/modules/<namespacepath>/testsuites,
ending hand-maintained parallel copies under src/modules/test/.
The packaged form is a distributable in its own right: a user who
downloads a built module can optionally download the matching
test::<modulename> and verify the module''s behaviour on their own
system - package require + RUN interface, or a wrapped executable''s
-app test - with no source tree or harness. Acceptance proves the
standalone consumer scenario (runs without the project source tree),
suite-result parity with src/tests/runtests.tcl, and byte-for-byte
data fidelity (crlf roundtrip fixtures).
Motivated by the tomlish dual-copy interim (its modpod testsuites were
ported to src/tests while the modpod remains the live test::tomlish
build source - tomlish checkins 20bd00dc, feedb6f0).
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Motivated by a make.tcl project deploy failure ("could not delete target
binary") where the locker turned out to be 7-Zip inspecting the exe -
identifying it took several dead ends because Windows has no cheap
file-to-process reverse lookup (name matching and Process.Modules scans
both miss plain file handles; openfiles needs a pre-enabled global flag;
handle.exe is external and elevation-bound).
G-028: a punkboot::utils helper returns the locking processes via the
Windows Restart Manager API (the installers-grade answer to "who is
blocking this file"), with twapi or cffi required lazily at call time -
punkboot::utils stays pure Tcl per the bootsupport no-compiled-extensions
contract, and unavailability degrades to the existing message. make.tcl
kit deploy failures append the locker report when determinable. Recurring
customer: G-023 versioned/dev binaries rewritten every build.
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Projects generated by dev project.new receive a layout snapshot that
drifts; the current remedy is a push from punkshell (project.new -force 1
-update 1). G-027: one command run inside the derived project pulls
make.tcl/build.tcl, bootsupport modules/libs and template payloads from
the originating punkshell project - .punkcheck records remain the
provenance basis, origin identity becomes durable to workdir moves (not
relative paths alone; projects.work discovery as re-locator), VCS
awareness on both ends (G-026 clean-checkout policy on the source,
uncommitted-local-modification detection on the target), and the
remote-pull question gets a recorded decision.
Detail file records the motivating incident (tomlish 2026-07-06: a stale
make.tcl whose bootsupport updater was disabled by the very drift it
needed to fix - broken bundled fileutil::traverse under Tcl 9) and the
constraint that the pull entrypoint must not depend on the freshness of
what it updates.
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make.tcl vendorupdate now walks up from each vendor source path to the
nearest fossil and/or git root and warns (non-fatal, once per VCS root)
when the checkout is dirty - vendored artifacts built from uncommitted
source have no committed provenance. Silent for unversioned or missing
locations; dual git+fossil roots report each VCS separately. First real
run flagged 8 dirty source projects (the tomlish 1.1.7/1.1.8 incident -
vendored content whose source history ended at 1.1.6 - motivated this,
remedied upstream by tomlish checkin 37b71e82).
Goal G-026 (proposed) carries the enforcement follow-on: abort with
explicit override, warn-only as configured mode, shared coverage of
bootsupport_localupdate, and a recorded decision on the residual
staleness gap. Abort-by-default now would block routine work given the
dirty-project count.
Project version 0.2.5; vendorupdate doc note in src/AGENTS.md.
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G-023: builds produce punk8|9-<major>-<minor>-<patch>.exe from the
punkproject.toml version plus punk8|9-dev.exe tracking the latest build;
plain punk8|9.exe created initially and replaced only by an explicit
release step. Disk growth tolerated for now; archival/deletion trigger
recorded as a later question.
G-024: src/runtime/mapvfs.config converted to toml parsed via tomlish -
explicit runtime/vfs/name/kittype mappings preserved, plus generative
scheme declarations so the G-023 versioned outputs are one succinct entry
rather than per-version lines. Entry-level validation errors; full
migration preferred over a deprecation window.
G-025: build stamps project version, runtime binary and vfs folder into
the kit; a version-report subcommand prints them machine-parseably, with
the same-named punk-module command as the single implementation (the
subcommand is a thin wrapper) so scripts get the report in-process. Report
keeps build stamp, live runtime facts and source-tree version distinct:
src-mode sessions report stamp and live versions separately when they
differ; unstamped contexts (tclsh src/make.tcl shell, plain tclsh with
punk modules) report stamp fields absent rather than fabricated.
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Goal G-022: scriptable safe fossil move/rename in dev repo (all checkouts
repointed, no phantom central config-db entries, no dangling old repo db,
project-name renamable with project-code preserved), then rename this
project fossil repo shellspy -> punkshell through that mechanism via a
G-015 piped script call.
New tests src/tests/modules/punk/mix/testsuites/repo/fossilmove.test pin
current behaviour in a FOSSIL_HOME-isolated sandbox with an isolation
guard: the file-copy + fossil test-move-repository sequence repoints the
checkout but leaves the old db file on disk, a phantom repo: entry in the
central config-db, and a stale ckout: back-reference; file moves never
touch project-name. GAP-marked tests flip when G-022 lands.
shellrun 0.1.4: add missing package require punk::args - the 0.1.3
migration left run/runout/runerr/runx calling punk::args::parse without
requiring it, which broke shellrun in bare interps and made every
src/tests/runtests.tcl run fail at test-file invocation. Full suite now
back to baseline (523 tests: 508 pass, 14 skip, exec-14.3 known failure).
Project version 0.2.4 (changelog entry for the shellrun fix).
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G-018: zig-built plain zip-based tclsh kits with no punk infrastructure
(Tcl 9 kit satisfies acceptance; 8.6 interim = plain non-kit builds, kits
when practical, non-gating). Notes record that wish executables are never
a build target - Tk ships as a loadable package.
G-019: dependency-scan-driven module trimming for punk executables via the
tclparser parse API (c-only library today; punk::lib pure-Tcl fallback is a
stub), with a declared-extras manifest for scan-invisible dynamic requires;
batteries-included builds preserved.
G-020: screen capture + input injection module with per-platform backends -
Windows first (treectrl loupe + twapi, all already shipped in punk9win kit);
X11 (Linux/FreeBSD) and macOS follow behind the same contract; Wayland-native
out of scope. Platform show-stopper assessment recorded in the detail file.
G-021: agent-drivable visual/UI verification - window match, snapshot to
PNG/base64, scripted interactions - through G-015 piped script calls, with
guidance to land alongside G-017. aloupe.tcl stays a standalone app.
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G-015: complete the punk executable `script` subcommand - run a script file
or piped stdin (scriptname optional) in an interp preloaded with the default
punk shell modules/aliases, honest exit codes, no shellfilter transforms, no
interactive-shell fallthrough. Replaces the fragile `...;exit | punkexe`
repl-pipe pattern (currently a stub in punk_main.tcl that only emits stderr
diagnostics). Lean bare-script execution deferred to a later `tclsh`
subcommand expansion.
G-016: extend `dev projects.work` to discover git-based projects alongside
fossil (git has no central registry - enumeration-source candidates recorded
in the detail file).
G-017 (index-only): once G-015 lands, direct agents via repo guidance to
locate sibling projects with a piped projects.work call instead of scanning
the filesystem.
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Scope gains the vendored tomlish module (canonical source in the external
tomlish project space). Goal line rules out ad-hoc toml parsing; acceptance
now requires the tomlish API procs punk::config consumes to carry punk::args
(PUNKARGS) documentation, added upstream and re-vendored before punk::config
implementation proceeds. Detail file records the 1.1.8 coverage gap: argdocs
exist only on the cmdline app layer, not the library API (from_toml, to_dict,
from_dict, update_tomlish_from_dict).
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G-013: raw input mode as the repl default - per-keystroke debug
emissions (add_chunk frame, rhs editbuf view) individually gated and
repl-toggleable, raw editor parity for history/cursor movement,
debugrepl marked-line form retained for simple terminals with its
first-word activation mechanism under review; retires the tcl 8.6
idle-prompt query residue guarded in punk::console 0.7.1.
G-014: complete ::punk::config - toml files in the XDG config dir with
per-named-subshell override/inherit resolution; first consumer is the
G-013 editbuf-view startup default. Write-back persistence deferred.
Both proposed; detail files under goals/.
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Project layouts carry .gitignore files as payload for generated projects,
but git treats any nested .gitignore as live configuration scoped to its
directory - the templates self-censor, silently untracking their own
content in the outer repo (discovered via the git/fossil tracked-set
verification; stopgap force-adds in fc1c474c). G-012 [proposed] requires
payloads stored inert (neutral rename or fauxlink-encoded - mechanism an
implementation decision recorded in the detail file) with materialization
at project generation, plus a punkcheck-tracked make.tcl template-refresh
step generalising the existing sync_layouts (which covers only
build.tcl/make.tcl into custom/_project) to the vendor/punk layout base
and derived payloads. Acceptance covers a provably-inert nested-rule scan,
generated-project content equivalence, a working refresh after a
canonical-source edit, and retiring the per-file force-add exceptions.
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Flip G-007 (location-transparent punk::console) to achieved 2026-07-05 in the
GOALS.md index and detail file. Interactive verification on built punksys
(tcl 8.6) and punk902z (tcl 9) kits (punk::console 0.7.0, opunk::console
0.4.0; punk902z also rerun via src launch against dev modules): fact parity
and immediate cross-context visibility in both directions; brokered terminal
queries from the code interp succeed and cooperate with the repl reader in
raw mode with typed-ahead preserved; a chan-pipe console anchored from the
code interp registers its codethread as owner, operates locally, and clears
its registry entry on forget.
Detail-file Notes record the verification and characterize line-mode reader
cooperation (out of scope, no routing regression - brokered and owner-side
queries behave identically): on tcl 9, complete typed-ahead lines survive
with cosmetic garbling while incomplete typed-ahead starves the query raw
window and leaks responses as phantom input; on tcl 8.6 every line-mode
query fails that way, owner-side included (repro:
repl eval {punk::console::get_cursor_pos}) - candidate owner-side regression
to investigate separately. Also noted: the leaked stderr diagnostics are the
traffic G-011's per-console err channel would house.
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Acceptance now names the discovery fact (console_fact_get fact key err,
returning the effective err channel name) so the clause is testable like
G-007's named facts. Detail file additions: "every -console site" is
satisfied at the module's documented resolution choke points
(console_spec_resolve, hybrid_console_spec, opt_console_* helpers,
spec_to_channelpair, shared PUNKARGS fragments) rather than by per-site
audit; the two consumer-shaped acceptance clauses' division of labour is
stated (internal diagnostics migration = first consumer, external consumer
= public emit form); G-001 backends wanting a distinct diagnostic stream
must set err explicitly (default merges into out); and
previous_stty_state_stderr stays as-is (stty-state restoration, orthogonal
to diagnostic routing).
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punk::console models two channels per console ({in out}); its own
diagnostics fall back to raw puts stderr and subshell/backend/theme goals
(G-001/G-008/G-009) inherit the dual-channel assumption. G-011 defines err
as an attribute of the canonical {in out} console identity: {in out err}
specs accepted everywhere -console is, a nullable err field on
opunk::Console, err defaulting to process stderr for the default console
and to the console's out channel elsewhere, console-directed diagnostics
and an emit-to-err path, and cross-thread discovery via console_fact_get.
Ownership/fact/mode-cache keys stay canonical {in out}, so the G-007 work
is untouched.
Detail file records the gap analysis, the rejected shapes (err-in-identity
triple key, scope-boundary-only, uniform err==out, unset-means-none) and
the G-001 sequencing interaction.
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Per-console facts are now visible to every thread of a punk session: the
default console {stdin stdout} keeps its legacy namespace variables as
authoritative local storage, with write traces mirroring every write
(including direct variable writes) into tsv punk_console_facts; non-default
consoles store facts only in tsv with owner-qualified keys (non-std channel
names are thread-local and would otherwise alias). console_fact_set from a
non-owner thread forwards to the owning thread (vt52-alias transport) and
always writes the tsv mirror itself (covers unreachable or older-version
owners). New console_fact_clear for tests/maintenance.
New console ownership registry (console_owner_register/get/forget, tsv
punk_console_owners keyed by canonical {in out} pair): ownership is captured
when an opunk::console instance is anchored - via the new pluggable
::opunk::console::lifecycle_callback (opunk::console 0.4.0, base class
unchanged) wired by ensure_object_integration - and by default_console.
Consult-time liveness validation clears entries for exited threads. For
{stdin stdout} first registration wins and only the owner's forget releases
the entry, so a thread anchoring a local view cannot steal ownership.
dec_has_mode/ansi_has_mode caches moved to tsv punk_console_modecache
(single-key atomic entries shared process-wide).
Infrastructure tsv arrays are now punk_-prefixed to avoid collisions with
application tsv usage in subshells: console -> punk_console (is_raw), with
call-site patches in punk::repl 0.2.1, punk::lib 0.2.1, punk::basictelnet
0.1.1 (rule recorded in src/modules/AGENTS.md; legacy repl/codethread_*/
zzzload_pkg* arrays left for a coordinated follow-up).
punk::console is now loadable in secondary threads without ::argv0
(powershell consolemode fallback guarded).
Tests: consolefacts gains ownership-registry and cross-thread visibility
coverage (worker-thread punk::console load, trace-mirror, forwarded set with
deadline-polled sync - see comments re runtests child-interp topology);
cleanups use console_fact_clear / tsv instead of poking removed internal
stores. Full suite passes (baseline exec-14.3 only).
G-007 flipped proposed -> active (user-confirmed); remaining acceptance work
is the choke-point brokering slice.
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Index entries in GOALS.md plus detail files, all proposed:
- G-007 location-transparent punk::console across repl and code
interps: punk-side tsv-backed ownership registry, fact/cache
visibility, choke-point brokering generalising the vt52 alias;
detail records rejected alternatives (audience namespace split,
owner field on ::opunk::Console, opunk-package-namespace registry)
- G-008 scoped console state for same-console subshells: activatable
per-subshell state sets (journal-on-write, re-emit on activation)
rather than a LIFO undo stack, so later tree switching works;
restore of tabstops/modes/palette on quit; opt-in, shared behaviour
stays default
- G-009 themed subshell profiles: poshinfo schemes bound to
restriction aspects (G-003 limits/hidden commands, punk::island) so
restricted subshells are visually distinct; terminal effects ride
the G-008 state set
- G-010 subshell suspend/resume and tree navigation: switch to any
live subshell (grandparent, cross-branch) via attachment handoff +
G-008 state activation; navigation commands governed by G-003
hide/expose; depends on G-002's non-nested model
Sequencing: G-007 -> G-008 -> G-009/G-010, with G-002 prerequisite
for G-010.
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Index entries in GOALS.md plus detail files. G-004 targets a binary-free
committed tree, achievable once G-005 (zig-based build of binary deps from
source) or G-006 (consent-gated download of pre-built artifacts) provides
the replacement supply of the previously committed binaries.
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Harness-agnostic technical project goal system. GOALS.md holds the canonical one-line index with format spec, status taxonomy, maintenance rules, and an agent-authoring workflow so agents asked to 'help me write a goal for X' ask the right questions. GOALS-archive.md is the achieved-goals archive stub. goals/AGENTS.md is the DOX child doc covering naming (G-<id>-<slug>.md), when a detail file is warranted, and the no-orphans/archive rule. goals/archive/.gitkeep tracks the archive dir.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
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