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Closes #19.

actions/docs-sync — the materialization machinery for doctrine. Machinery is consumed by reference; documents have no runtime beyond an agent reading the tree it stands in, so the agent-facing set (manifest: docs/VENDORED.txt) is vendored into each consumer at .ceremony/, machine-written (--fix) and machine-verified (--check), keyed on the consumer's single release.yml pin line — one pin governs machinery and doctrine alike.

Design notes:

The pin parser skips commented lines (ceremony's own release.yml carries the pin shape inside its header essay — a consumer pasting docs into a comment must not appear to have two pins). Zero or several real pin lines → refuse naming the file; never guess a ref.
The manifest is read from the SOURCE tree at the pin, so a pin bump that re-shapes the doc set re-shapes the mirror in the same PR — no second list.
.ceremony/README.md is generated (machine-managed marker + pin location) instead of per-file banners, so vendored files stay byte-identical and the check is a plain cmp.
Root AGENTS.md stub: scaffolded once by --fix, never overwritten; --check asserts existence only.
CI exercise: the composite reads the consumer tree at the workspace root and a uses: step cannot cd, so the fixture consumer IS the workspace root and ceremony rides a subdirectory checkout (./ceremony-src/actions/docs-sync), doubling as --source (no fetchable ref carries the manifest until this lands, and the exercised bytes should be this PR's anyway).

Acceptance criteria

Manifest, action, script, tests land; shellcheck/actionlint clean; CI green (37-row suite; full local suite 11 files green; CI green on 77f195a).
This repo's own CI exercises --check via uses: against a fixture consumer constructed in the job (docs-sync-exercise: bootstrap --fix, then the consumer-mode --check).
The header comment carries the reference-vs-mirror rationale (why docs cannot be consumed by reference), so nobody "simplifies" this back to a pointer.
#12's CONSUMERS.md section amended in the same cycle: wiring, bootstrap procedure, pin-bump procedure.

Worklog

Study the #5 composite pattern, harness, pin shapes (found: ceremony's own release.yml carries the pin shape in a comment — parser must skip comments)
docs/VENDORED.txt manifest (the five agent-facing docs; links verified self-contained)
docs-sync.sh — pin parse, tarball fetch / --source override, exact-mirror check, fix (write+delete+README+root-stub-once)
action.yml composite wrapper (inputs: mode, source)
test/docs-sync.test.sh — every row from the issue's plan +extras (37 checks green; also caught an EXIT-trap exit-status clobber in smoke testing)
CI: fixture-consumer exercise of the composite (docs-sync-exercise job)
CONSUMERS.md: doctrine-mirror section (wiring, pin-bump procedure, bootstrap)
shellcheck + actionlint + full suite green locally
CI green on 77f195a (test, action-exercise, docs-sync-exercise, release-exercise all pass); marked ready, panel requested

Note: this repo carries no CHANGELOG.md yet (until #11 dogfoods), so no changelog line — same as the prior action PRs.

Round 1 fixes (head `77f195a`)

Symlink/non-regular guard: .ceremony-as-symlink, non-regular nodes in mirror, root AGENTS.md-as-symlink — refused in both modes
--check verifies .ceremony/README.md (missing → red, drifted → red)
Regression rows for all of the above (both modes; victims asserted untouched)
shellcheck + full suite green; push; re-request codex-bot & kimi-bot (fixed head 85d4eb3: 59-row docs-sync suite, full suite 11 files, shellcheck + actionlint clean, CI green)

Closes #19. `actions/docs-sync` — the materialization machinery for doctrine. Machinery is consumed by reference; documents have no runtime beyond an agent reading the tree it stands in, so the agent-facing set (manifest: `docs/VENDORED.txt`) is vendored into each consumer at `.ceremony/`, machine-written (`--fix`) and machine-verified (`--check`), keyed on the consumer's single `release.yml` pin line — one pin governs machinery and doctrine alike. Design notes: - The pin parser skips commented lines (ceremony's own release.yml carries the pin shape inside its header essay — a consumer pasting docs into a comment must not appear to have two pins). Zero or several real pin lines → refuse naming the file; never guess a ref. - The manifest is read from the SOURCE tree at the pin, so a pin bump that re-shapes the doc set re-shapes the mirror in the same PR — no second list. - `.ceremony/README.md` is generated (machine-managed marker + pin location) instead of per-file banners, so vendored files stay byte-identical and the check is a plain `cmp`. - Root `AGENTS.md` stub: scaffolded once by `--fix`, never overwritten; `--check` asserts existence only. - CI exercise: the composite reads the consumer tree at the workspace root and a `uses:` step cannot `cd`, so the fixture consumer IS the workspace root and ceremony rides a subdirectory checkout (`./ceremony-src/actions/docs-sync`), doubling as `--source` (no fetchable ref carries the manifest until this lands, and the exercised bytes should be this PR's anyway). ## Acceptance criteria - [x] Manifest, action, script, tests land; shellcheck/actionlint clean; CI green (37-row suite; full local suite 11 files green; CI green on 77f195a). - [x] This repo's own CI exercises `--check` via `uses:` against a fixture consumer constructed in the job (`docs-sync-exercise`: bootstrap `--fix`, then the consumer-mode `--check`). - [x] The header comment carries the reference-vs-mirror rationale (why docs cannot be consumed by reference), so nobody "simplifies" this back to a pointer. - [x] #12's CONSUMERS.md section amended in the same cycle: wiring, bootstrap procedure, pin-bump procedure. ## Worklog - [x] Study the #5 composite pattern, harness, pin shapes (found: ceremony's own release.yml carries the pin shape in a comment — parser must skip comments) - [x] `docs/VENDORED.txt` manifest (the five agent-facing docs; links verified self-contained) - [x] `docs-sync.sh` — pin parse, tarball fetch / --source override, exact-mirror check, fix (write+delete+README+root-stub-once) - [x] `action.yml` composite wrapper (inputs: mode, source) - [x] `test/docs-sync.test.sh` — every row from the issue's plan +extras (37 checks green; also caught an EXIT-trap exit-status clobber in smoke testing) - [x] CI: fixture-consumer exercise of the composite (`docs-sync-exercise` job) - [x] CONSUMERS.md: doctrine-mirror section (wiring, pin-bump procedure, bootstrap) - [x] shellcheck + actionlint + full suite green locally - [x] CI green on 77f195a (test, action-exercise, docs-sync-exercise, release-exercise all pass); marked ready, panel requested Note: this repo carries no `CHANGELOG.md` yet (until #11 dogfoods), so no changelog line — same as the prior action PRs. ### Round 1 fixes (head 77f195a) - [x] Symlink/non-regular guard: `.ceremony`-as-symlink, non-regular nodes in mirror, root `AGENTS.md`-as-symlink — refused in both modes - [x] `--check` verifies `.ceremony/README.md` (missing → red, drifted → red) - [x] Regression rows for all of the above (both modes; victims asserted untouched) - [x] shellcheck + full suite green; push; re-request codex-bot & kimi-bot (fixed head 85d4eb3: 59-row docs-sync suite, full suite 11 files, shellcheck + actionlint clean, CI green)

danmt (Migrated from github.com) reviewed 2026-07-22 21:39:15 +00:00

grok-bot-andresmgsl commented

2026-07-22 21:45:23 +00:00

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🔎 reviewing head 77f195a6ae

🔎 reviewing head 77f195a6aecca6a02aa90463f863a4b570fb5dbc

codex-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) requested changes 2026-07-22 21:45:33 +00:00

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Verdict: I have feedback.

Blocking: the mirror operations follow symlinks. On this head I created .ceremony/AGENTS.md as a symlink to ../victim; --fix overwrote victim with the source AGENTS.md and reported an exact mirror, and --check then accepted the symlink. That violates the exact-mirror contract and lets a committed consumer-tree symlink redirect writes outside .ceremony/.

Please reject symlinks and other non-regular nodes in the mirror and at copy destinations (including symlinked parent directories), ensure the root AGENTS.md scaffold cannot follow a symlink, and add regression coverage for both --check and --fix.

Verdict: I have feedback. Blocking: the mirror operations follow symlinks. On this head I created .ceremony/AGENTS.md as a symlink to ../victim; --fix overwrote victim with the source AGENTS.md and reported an exact mirror, and --check then accepted the symlink. That violates the exact-mirror contract and lets a committed consumer-tree symlink redirect writes outside .ceremony/. Please reject symlinks and other non-regular nodes in the mirror and at copy destinations (including symlinked parent directories), ensure the root AGENTS.md scaffold cannot follow a symlink, and add regression coverage for both --check and --fix.

kimi-bot-andresmgsl commented

2026-07-22 21:45:38 +00:00

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🔎 reviewing head 77f195a6ae

🔎 reviewing head 77f195a6aecca6a02aa90463f863a4b570fb5dbc

grok-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) approved these changes 2026-07-22 21:46:33 +00:00

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Verdict: approve

Reviewed head 77f195a against issue #19's acceptance criteria and the load-bearing constraints in the issue body / CONTRIBUTING consumption model.

Acceptance criteria

Criterion	Status
Manifest, action, script, tests; shellcheck/actionlint clean; CI green	Met — `docs/VENDORED.txt`, `actions/docs-sync/{action.yml,docs-sync.sh}`, `test/docs-sync.test.sh` land; local shellcheck clean; CI green on this head (test, action-exercise, docs-sync-exercise, release-exercise)
This repo's CI exercises `--check` via `uses:` against a fixture consumer	Met — `docs-sync-exercise` job: consumer is the workspace root (composite cannot `cd`), ceremony under `ceremony-src/` as both action path and `--source`; bootstrap `--fix` then consumer-mode `--check`
Header carries reference-vs-mirror rationale	Met — long header in `docs-sync.sh` documents why docs cannot be a pointer and why one pin governs machinery + doctrine
#12 CONSUMERS.md amended (wiring, bootstrap, pin-bump)	Met — "Doctrine mirror" section covers ci wiring, `--fix` bootstrap (incl. root stub), and single-PR pin-bump procedure

Spec coverage (issue plan → code)

Pin from consumer release.yml only; zero/several → refuse naming the file; never guesses a ref
Commented pin lines ignored (ceremony's own header-essay shape covered by the commented-pin test rows)
Manifest read from SOURCE at the pin — not hardcoded; path-escape and ghost-file refused
Exact mirror: drift / missing / extra / absent .ceremony/ each fail naming the offender and teaching --fix
--fix writes, deletes orphans, generates README, scaffolds root AGENTS.md once and never overwrites it; --check asserts stub existence only
--source for offline tests / PR preview; pin still required and validated
EXIT-trap does not clobber success status when there is no fetch tmp

Verification I ran

bash test/docs-sync.test.sh → 37 passed, 0 failed
Full suite test/run.sh → 11 files passed, 0 failed
shellcheck -x actions/docs-sync/docs-sync.sh test/docs-sync.test.sh → clean
Offline smoke: --fix then --check --source against this tree as consumer → exact 5-file mirror + README + stub; cmp identity for all five vendored paths
Relative links inside the vendored set resolve within the set (AGENTS → role files / LABELS; TRIAGE → LABELS/BUILDER; LABELS → TRIAGE)

Notes (non-blocking)

None that would gate merge. Network tarball fetch path is intentionally not unit-tested offline; CI consumer exercise + public-repo curl design match the issue. No CHANGELOG line — consistent with prior action PRs until #11 dogfoods.

Closes the implementation of #19 as specified. Ready for the rest of the panel / human.

## Verdict: approve Reviewed head `77f195a` against issue #19's acceptance criteria and the load-bearing constraints in the issue body / CONTRIBUTING consumption model. ### Acceptance criteria | Criterion | Status | |---|---| | Manifest, action, script, tests; shellcheck/actionlint clean; CI green | Met — `docs/VENDORED.txt`, `actions/docs-sync/{action.yml,docs-sync.sh}`, `test/docs-sync.test.sh` land; local shellcheck clean; CI green on this head (test, action-exercise, docs-sync-exercise, release-exercise) | | This repo's CI exercises `--check` via `uses:` against a fixture consumer | Met — `docs-sync-exercise` job: consumer is the workspace root (composite cannot `cd`), ceremony under `ceremony-src/` as both action path and `--source`; bootstrap `--fix` then consumer-mode `--check` | | Header carries reference-vs-mirror rationale | Met — long header in `docs-sync.sh` documents why docs cannot be a pointer and why one pin governs machinery + doctrine | | #12 CONSUMERS.md amended (wiring, bootstrap, pin-bump) | Met — "Doctrine mirror" section covers ci wiring, `--fix` bootstrap (incl. root stub), and single-PR pin-bump procedure | ### Spec coverage (issue plan → code) - Pin from consumer `release.yml` only; zero/several → refuse naming the file; never guesses a ref - Commented pin lines ignored (ceremony's own header-essay shape covered by the commented-pin test rows) - Manifest read from SOURCE at the pin — not hardcoded; path-escape and ghost-file refused - Exact mirror: drift / missing / extra / absent `.ceremony/` each fail naming the offender and teaching `--fix` - `--fix` writes, deletes orphans, generates README, scaffolds root `AGENTS.md` once and never overwrites it; `--check` asserts stub existence only - `--source` for offline tests / PR preview; pin still required and validated - EXIT-trap does not clobber success status when there is no fetch tmp ### Verification I ran - `bash test/docs-sync.test.sh` → **37 passed, 0 failed** - Full suite `test/run.sh` → **11 files passed, 0 failed** - `shellcheck -x actions/docs-sync/docs-sync.sh test/docs-sync.test.sh` → clean - Offline smoke: `--fix` then `--check --source` against this tree as consumer → exact 5-file mirror + README + stub; `cmp` identity for all five vendored paths - Relative links inside the vendored set resolve within the set (AGENTS → role files / LABELS; TRIAGE → LABELS/BUILDER; LABELS → TRIAGE) ### Notes (non-blocking) None that would gate merge. Network tarball fetch path is intentionally not unit-tested offline; CI consumer exercise + public-repo curl design match the issue. No CHANGELOG line — consistent with prior action PRs until #11 dogfoods. Closes the implementation of #19 as specified. Ready for the rest of the panel / human.

kimi-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) requested changes 2026-07-22 21:51:11 +00:00

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Request changes — head 77f195a.

Two blocking findings, both reproduced against this head in a detached worktree with fixture consumer trees.

1. --check never verifies .ceremony/README.md — drifted or missing README passes as an "exact mirror". Issue #19 specifies --check as "diff manifest ∪ .ceremony/ as an exact mirror: a drifted file, a missing file, … all fail", and excepts the README only from the extra-file rule. run_check (actions/docs-sync/docs-sync.sh:226) skips the README entirely: the manifest loop doesn't cover it, and the extra-file scan explicitly continues past it. Reproduced: after a clean --fix, I hand-edited .ceremony/README.md → --check exits 0 printing "exact mirror"; I deleted it → same. --fix does own the file (it rewrites on content mismatch), so the README is machine-written but never machine-verified — the "drift is unrepresentable" invariant the issue is about has a hole exactly where the "machine-managed, never edit" notice lives. It also makes the generated README's own claim ("CI re-diffs them on every PR — a hand edit goes red") false for the README itself. Unblocked by: cmp the mirror README against the generated content (and fail on missing) in run_check, plus a test row for each (drifted README → red; missing README → red).

2. Symlink-following writes escape the mirror (confirming codex-bot's finding with an independent repro). I committed .ceremony/AGENTS.md as a symlink pointing outside the repo; --fix followed it and overwrote the outside file with vendored content, printing "updated .ceremony/AGENTS.md". A symlink checked into a consumer tree redirects the mirror's writes anywhere the CI token can reach. find -type f also makes non-regular nodes invisible to the extra-file scan, so a stray symlink poses as unlisted doctrine. Unblocked by: reject symlinks and other non-regular files at copy destinations and in the mirror scan (and don't let the root AGENTS.md scaffold follow one), with regression rows for --check and --fix — as codex-bot already requested.

Everything else verified clean on this head: the full local suite's docs-sync file passes 37/37 (the other red files — version, changelog-armed, facts, labels-reconcile — fail identically on main for missing local node/jq, environmental, not this PR); CI is green on 77f195a including the shellcheck/actionlint steps and the docs-sync-exercise job exercising --fix→--check through uses:; the header comment carries the reference-vs-mirror rationale; the CONSUMERS.md doctrine-mirror section (bootstrap + pin-bump procedure) lands in the same cycle; the test file covers every row in issue #19's test list. The pin parser's refusal behavior (zero/two pins, commented pins) and the manifest-escape guard are tested and behave as specified.

**Request changes** — head `77f195a`. Two blocking findings, both reproduced against this head in a detached worktree with fixture consumer trees. **1. `--check` never verifies `.ceremony/README.md` — drifted or missing README passes as an "exact mirror".** Issue #19 specifies `--check` as "diff manifest ∪ `.ceremony/` as an **exact mirror**: a drifted file, a missing file, … all fail", and excepts the README only from the *extra-file* rule. `run_check` (`actions/docs-sync/docs-sync.sh:226`) skips the README entirely: the manifest loop doesn't cover it, and the extra-file scan explicitly continues past it. Reproduced: after a clean `--fix`, I hand-edited `.ceremony/README.md` → `--check` exits 0 printing "exact mirror"; I deleted it → same. `--fix` *does* own the file (it rewrites on content mismatch), so the README is machine-written but never machine-verified — the "drift is unrepresentable" invariant the issue is about has a hole exactly where the "machine-managed, never edit" notice lives. It also makes the generated README's own claim ("CI re-diffs them on every PR — a hand edit goes red") false for the README itself. Unblocked by: cmp the mirror README against the generated content (and fail on missing) in `run_check`, plus a test row for each (drifted README → red; missing README → red). **2. Symlink-following writes escape the mirror (confirming codex-bot's finding with an independent repro).** I committed `.ceremony/AGENTS.md` as a symlink pointing outside the repo; `--fix` followed it and overwrote the outside file with vendored content, printing "updated .ceremony/AGENTS.md". A symlink checked into a consumer tree redirects the mirror's writes anywhere the CI token can reach. `find -type f` also makes non-regular nodes invisible to the extra-file scan, so a stray symlink poses as unlisted doctrine. Unblocked by: reject symlinks and other non-regular files at copy destinations and in the mirror scan (and don't let the root `AGENTS.md` scaffold follow one), with regression rows for `--check` and `--fix` — as codex-bot already requested. Everything else verified clean on this head: the full local suite's docs-sync file passes 37/37 (the other red files — version, changelog-armed, facts, labels-reconcile — fail identically on `main` for missing local `node`/`jq`, environmental, not this PR); CI is green on `77f195a` including the shellcheck/actionlint steps and the `docs-sync-exercise` job exercising `--fix`→`--check` through `uses:`; the header comment carries the reference-vs-mirror rationale; the CONSUMERS.md doctrine-mirror section (bootstrap + pin-bump procedure) lands in the same cycle; the test file covers every row in issue #19's test list. The pin parser's refusal behavior (zero/two pins, commented pins) and the manifest-escape guard are tested and behave as specified.

claude-bot-andresmgsl commented

2026-07-22 21:56:40 +00:00

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🔧 addressing round on head 77f195a

Round analysis — every point, every reviewer:

codex-bot (blocking): mirror operations follow symlinks — agree. Reproduced: cp writes through a symlink destination, cmp reads through one, find -type f makes non-regular nodes invisible to the extra-file scan, and .ceremony itself (or a subdirectory) can be a symlink redirecting every write outside the mirror. Fix: both modes refuse to operate on a mirror containing any non-regular node — .ceremony must be a real directory (not a symlink), a pre-scan that does not follow links dies naming every symlink/non-regular node it finds, and the root AGENTS.md stub is rejected when it is a symlink in both --check and --fix (including a dangling one, so the scaffold can never write through it). Regression rows for both modes: symlinked mirror file, symlinked mirror subdirectory, .ceremony-as-symlink, root-AGENTS.md-as-symlink — each asserting red and that the outside victim file is untouched.

kimi-bot (blocking 1): --check never verifies .ceremony/README.md — agree. run_check's manifest loop doesn't cover it and the extra-file scan explicitly continues past it, so the one machine-written file whose content claims "a hand edit goes red" is the one file where a hand edit stays green. Fix: run_check cmps the mirror README against the generated content — missing → red, drifted → red — with the message teaching --fix. Test rows for both cases.

kimi-bot (blocking 2): symlink escape (independent repro) — agree. Same fix as codex-bot's point; your find -type f invisibility note is covered by the pre-scan listing non-regular nodes explicitly instead of filtering to regular files.

grok-bot: approved — no action owed.

Plan: symlink/non-regular guard + README verification in docs-sync.sh, regression rows in test/docs-sync.test.sh, full suite + shellcheck, push, re-request codex-bot and kimi-bot. Worklog checkboxes added to the PR body now.

🔧 addressing round on head 77f195a Round analysis — every point, every reviewer: **codex-bot (blocking): mirror operations follow symlinks — agree.** Reproduced: `cp` writes through a symlink destination, `cmp` reads through one, `find -type f` makes non-regular nodes invisible to the extra-file scan, and `.ceremony` itself (or a subdirectory) can be a symlink redirecting every write outside the mirror. Fix: both modes refuse to operate on a mirror containing any non-regular node — `.ceremony` must be a real directory (not a symlink), a pre-scan that does not follow links dies naming every symlink/non-regular node it finds, and the root `AGENTS.md` stub is rejected when it is a symlink in both `--check` and `--fix` (including a dangling one, so the scaffold can never write through it). Regression rows for both modes: symlinked mirror file, symlinked mirror subdirectory, `.ceremony`-as-symlink, root-`AGENTS.md`-as-symlink — each asserting red *and* that the outside victim file is untouched. **kimi-bot (blocking 1): `--check` never verifies `.ceremony/README.md` — agree.** `run_check`'s manifest loop doesn't cover it and the extra-file scan explicitly continues past it, so the one machine-written file whose content claims "a hand edit goes red" is the one file where a hand edit stays green. Fix: `run_check` cmps the mirror README against the generated content — missing → red, drifted → red — with the message teaching `--fix`. Test rows for both cases. **kimi-bot (blocking 2): symlink escape (independent repro) — agree.** Same fix as codex-bot's point; your `find -type f` invisibility note is covered by the pre-scan listing non-regular nodes explicitly instead of filtering to regular files. **grok-bot: approved** — no action owed. Plan: symlink/non-regular guard + README verification in `docs-sync.sh`, regression rows in `test/docs-sync.test.sh`, full suite + shellcheck, push, re-request codex-bot and kimi-bot. Worklog checkboxes added to the PR body now.

claude-bot-andresmgsl commented

2026-07-22 22:07:15 +00:00

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Round 1 fixes are in on head 85d4eb3 — everything in the plan-of-record comment above, delivered as promised:

Symlink / non-regular escape (codex-bot; kimi-bot's independent repro): both modes now run guard_plain_tree before touching anything — .ceremony itself as a symlink, any non-regular node under it (symlinked file, symlinked subdirectory, stray link invisible to find -type f, fifo), and the root AGENTS.md as a symlink (including a dangling one, which a naive [ ! -e ] scaffold would write through) or any other non-file node are all refused by name, with the fix left to a human. Refusals, not repairs, deliberately: repairing a link means deleting or writing through it, and the tool must do neither.
.ceremony/README.md machine-verified (kimi-bot): run_check now cmps the mirror README against the generated text — missing → red, drifted → red — so the file whose text warns "a hand edit goes red" is no longer the one unverified spot.
Regression coverage: 22 new rows (suite now 59, was 37), both modes, every symlink row asserting the victim file/directory untouched; README rows cover drifted → red, missing → red, --fix repairs, green again.

Verified on 85d4eb3: docs-sync suite 59/59, full local suite 11 files green, shellcheck -x clean, actionlint clean, CI green (test, action-exercise, docs-sync-exercise, release-exercise).

Re-requesting @codex-bot-andresmgsl and @kimi-bot-andresmgsl.

Round 1 fixes are in on head `85d4eb3` — everything in the plan-of-record comment above, delivered as promised: - **Symlink / non-regular escape (codex-bot; kimi-bot's independent repro):** both modes now run `guard_plain_tree` before touching anything — `.ceremony` itself as a symlink, any non-regular node under it (symlinked file, symlinked subdirectory, stray link invisible to `find -type f`, fifo), and the root `AGENTS.md` as a symlink (including a *dangling* one, which a naive `[ ! -e ]` scaffold would write through) or any other non-file node are all refused by name, with the fix left to a human. Refusals, not repairs, deliberately: repairing a link means deleting or writing through it, and the tool must do neither. - **`.ceremony/README.md` machine-verified (kimi-bot):** `run_check` now `cmp`s the mirror README against the generated text — missing → red, drifted → red — so the file whose text warns "a hand edit goes red" is no longer the one unverified spot. - **Regression coverage:** 22 new rows (suite now 59, was 37), both modes, every symlink row asserting the victim file/directory untouched; README rows cover drifted → red, missing → red, `--fix` repairs, green again. Verified on `85d4eb3`: docs-sync suite 59/59, full local suite 11 files green, `shellcheck -x` clean, `actionlint` clean, CI green (test, action-exercise, docs-sync-exercise, release-exercise). Re-requesting @codex-bot-andresmgsl and @kimi-bot-andresmgsl.

kimi-bot-andresmgsl commented

2026-07-22 22:10:56 +00:00

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🔎 reviewing head 85d4eb3770

🔎 reviewing head 85d4eb37700db2cffe3844056b5dd53027f8a18e

kimi-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) approved these changes 2026-07-22 22:13:12 +00:00

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Approve — head 85d4eb3.

Both of my round-1 blocking findings (and codex-bot's symlink finding) are fixed, and I re-ran each original repro against this head in a detached worktree with a fresh fixture consumer:

1. The README is now machine-verified. run_check cmps .ceremony/README.md against the generated text and fails on missing. Reproduced on this head: hand-edit appended to the README → --check exits 1 naming the file ("drifted from its generated content … Fix: run docs-sync --fix"); README deleted → exits 1 ("is missing"); --fix repairs both and the tree goes back to "exact mirror". The "a hand edit goes red" claim is now true of the marker itself.

2. Symlinks and other non-regular nodes are refused in both modes. guard_plain_tree runs before either mode touches anything and dies on: .ceremony/ itself a symlink, any non-regular node under it (find ! -type f ! -type d, so symlinks-to-directories are caught too), and a symlinked or non-regular root AGENTS.md (including the dangling case, where a naive [ ! -e ] scaffold would write through the link). My original repro — .ceremony/LABELS.md as a symlink to ../victim.md — now refuses in both modes naming the node, and the victim still reads victim v1. Refusals-not-repairs is the right call here: a tool must neither delete a node that points somewhere nor write through it.

Regression coverage (test/docs-sync.test.sh, +22 rows): drifted/missing/repaired README; vendored path as symlink in both modes with victim asserted untouched; stray symlink (the case the -type f scan was blind to); fifo; vendored subdirectory as symlink with the link target asserted empty; .ceremony/ itself a symlink with the target directory asserted empty; root AGENTS.md as symlink, dangling symlink, and directory — each in the applicable modes with victims asserted untouched.

Verification on this head: docs-sync suite 59/59 green locally in the worktree; CI green on 85d4eb3 (test — which carries the shellcheck/actionlint gates — action-exercise, docs-sync-exercise, release-exercise all pass). shellcheck/actionlint binaries are not installed in my local box, so I rely on the CI gates for those, as in round 1. The new header comment carries the why (PR #43's round, cp-through-link / cmp-through-link / find-blindness) per convention.

Everything else stands from my round-1 pass over the whole PR: pin parser refusal behavior, manifest-escape guard, CONSUMERS.md section, and the CI fixture exercise were verified then and are unchanged in this round (the round diff is exactly docs-sync.sh + its test file).

**Approve** — head `85d4eb3`. Both of my round-1 blocking findings (and codex-bot's symlink finding) are fixed, and I re-ran each original repro against this head in a detached worktree with a fresh fixture consumer: **1. The README is now machine-verified.** `run_check` cmps `.ceremony/README.md` against the generated text and fails on missing. Reproduced on this head: hand-edit appended to the README → `--check` exits 1 naming the file ("drifted from its generated content … Fix: run docs-sync --fix"); README deleted → exits 1 ("is missing"); `--fix` repairs both and the tree goes back to "exact mirror". The "a hand edit goes red" claim is now true of the marker itself. **2. Symlinks and other non-regular nodes are refused in both modes.** `guard_plain_tree` runs before either mode touches anything and dies on: `.ceremony/` itself a symlink, any non-regular node under it (`find ! -type f ! -type d`, so symlinks-to-directories are caught too), and a symlinked or non-regular root `AGENTS.md` (including the dangling case, where a naive `[ ! -e ]` scaffold would write through the link). My original repro — `.ceremony/LABELS.md` as a symlink to `../victim.md` — now refuses in both modes naming the node, and the victim still reads `victim v1`. Refusals-not-repairs is the right call here: a tool must neither delete a node that points somewhere nor write through it. **Regression coverage** (test/docs-sync.test.sh, +22 rows): drifted/missing/repaired README; vendored path as symlink in both modes with victim asserted untouched; stray symlink (the case the `-type f` scan was blind to); fifo; vendored subdirectory as symlink with the link target asserted empty; `.ceremony/` itself a symlink with the target directory asserted empty; root AGENTS.md as symlink, dangling symlink, and directory — each in the applicable modes with victims asserted untouched. **Verification on this head:** docs-sync suite 59/59 green locally in the worktree; CI green on `85d4eb3` (test — which carries the shellcheck/actionlint gates — action-exercise, docs-sync-exercise, release-exercise all pass). shellcheck/actionlint binaries are not installed in my local box, so I rely on the CI gates for those, as in round 1. The new header comment carries the why (PR #43's round, cp-through-link / cmp-through-link / find-blindness) per convention. Everything else stands from my round-1 pass over the whole PR: pin parser refusal behavior, manifest-escape guard, CONSUMERS.md section, and the CI fixture exercise were verified then and are unchanged in this round (the round diff is exactly docs-sync.sh + its test file).

codex-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) approved these changes 2026-07-22 22:14:53 +00:00

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Verdict: I agree with everything and have no additional feedback.

Re-evaluated the full PR at head 85d4eb3. The prior symlink/non-regular-node blocker is resolved in both modes, including linked mirror parents and the root AGENTS.md scaffold; README drift is now verified as well. I ran test/docs-sync.test.sh (59 passed) and the full test/run.sh suite (11 files passed), and all 8 current checks are successful or intentionally skipped.

Verdict: I agree with everything and have no additional feedback. Re-evaluated the full PR at head 85d4eb3. The prior symlink/non-regular-node blocker is resolved in both modes, including linked mirror parents and the root AGENTS.md scaffold; README drift is now verified as well. I ran test/docs-sync.test.sh (59 passed) and the full test/run.sh suite (11 files passed), and all 8 current checks are successful or intentionally skipped.

claude-bot-andresmgsl commented

2026-07-22 22:33:59 +00:00

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@grok-bot-andresmgsl — re-requesting you on the current head 85d4eb3.

Your approval sits on 77f195a; the round-1 fix commit moved the head since (one commit, docs-sync.sh +66 / test/docs-sync.test.sh +97: the guard_plain_tree symlink/non-regular refusals both modes now run, --check verifying .ceremony/README.md, and the regression rows — details in the fix comment above). codex-bot and kimi-bot have re-approved 85d4eb3.

Handoff requires every panel verdict to approve the current head (CONTRIBUTING: "three cross-vendor approvals of the current head"), so yours is the one verdict outstanding. Delta-review of that single commit should be all it takes.

@grok-bot-andresmgsl — re-requesting you on the current head `85d4eb3`. Your approval sits on `77f195a`; the round-1 fix commit moved the head since (one commit, `docs-sync.sh` +66 / `test/docs-sync.test.sh` +97: the `guard_plain_tree` symlink/non-regular refusals both modes now run, `--check` verifying `.ceremony/README.md`, and the regression rows — details in the fix comment above). codex-bot and kimi-bot have re-approved `85d4eb3`. Handoff requires every panel verdict to approve the current head (CONTRIBUTING: "three cross-vendor approvals of the current head"), so yours is the one verdict outstanding. Delta-review of that single commit should be all it takes.

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2026-07-22 22:35:29 +00:00

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🔎 reviewing head 85d4eb3770

🔎 reviewing head 85d4eb37700db2cffe3844056b5dd53027f8a18e

grok-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) approved these changes 2026-07-22 22:36:34 +00:00

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Verdict: approve

Reviewed head 85d4eb3 against issue #19's acceptance criteria, the consumption model in CONTRIBUTING, and the round-1 findings (codex-bot + kimi-bot). My prior approval was on 77f195a; this is a full re-review of the current head (not a rubber-stamp of the delta).

Acceptance criteria

Criterion	Status
Manifest, action, script, tests; shellcheck/actionlint clean; CI green	Met — `docs/VENDORED.txt`, `actions/docs-sync/{action.yml,docs-sync.sh}`, `test/docs-sync.test.sh`; shellcheck clean locally; CI green on this head (test, action-exercise, docs-sync-exercise, release-exercise)
CI exercises `--check` via `uses:` against a fixture consumer	Met — `docs-sync-exercise`: consumer is workspace root, ceremony under `ceremony-src/` as action path + `--source`; bootstrap `--fix` then consumer-mode `--check`
Header carries reference-vs-mirror rationale	Met — long header documents why docs cannot be a pointer, one-pin rule, exact-mirror contract, and (new) plain-files invariant
#12 CONSUMERS.md amended (wiring, bootstrap, pin-bump)	Met — "Doctrine mirror" section covers ci wiring, `--fix` bootstrap (incl. root stub), single-PR pin-bump

Round-1 fixes (this head vs `77f195a`)

Both blocking findings from the panel are fixed and I re-ran independent repros in a detached worktree:

Symlinks / non-regular nodes refused in both modes. guard_plain_tree runs before check/fix and dies on: .ceremony itself a symlink, any non-regular node under it (find ! -type f ! -type d — catches file links, dir links, fifos, and the cases -type f was blind to), and root AGENTS.md as symlink (including dangling) or other non-file. Reproduced: LABELS.md → symlink to ../victim.md — both modes exit 1 naming the node; victim still reads victim v1. Linked .ceremony/ and dangling root stub likewise refuse without writing through. Refusals-not-repairs is correct: the tool must neither delete a link that points elsewhere nor write through it.
.ceremony/README.md is machine-verified. run_check cmps against generated content; missing and drifted both red with a --fix message. Reproduced: hand-edit → exit 1 naming the README; --fix rewrites; check green again. The marker that claims "a hand edit goes red" now does so for itself.

Regression rows cover all of the above (suite 59, was 37); every symlink row asserts the victim untouched.

Spec coverage (issue plan → code)

Pin from consumer release.yml only; zero/several → refuse naming the file; commented lines ignored
Manifest from SOURCE at the pin; path-escape and ghost-file refused; not hardcoded
Exact mirror: drift / missing / extra / absent .ceremony/ each fail naming the offender
--fix writes, deletes orphans, generates README, scaffolds root stub once and never overwrites it
--source for offline tests / PR preview; pin still required
EXIT-trap does not clobber success when there is no fetch tmp

Verification I ran on this head

bash test/docs-sync.test.sh → 59 passed, 0 failed
Full suite test/run.sh → 11 files passed, 0 failed
shellcheck -x actions/docs-sync/docs-sync.sh test/docs-sync.test.sh → clean
Offline smoke against this tree as consumer: exact 5-file mirror + README + stub; cmp identity for all five vendored paths
Independent repro of README drift, vendored-path symlink write-through, linked .ceremony/, dangling root stub — all refuse or fail as intended; victims untouched

Notes (non-blocking)

None that gate merge. No CHANGELOG line — consistent with prior action PRs until #11 dogfoods. Network tarball path is CI-exercised via the composite, not unit-tested offline — as designed.

Closes the implementation of #19 as specified. Ready for handoff when the rest of the panel is current (codex + kimi already approved this head).

## Verdict: approve Reviewed head `85d4eb3` against issue #19's acceptance criteria, the consumption model in CONTRIBUTING, and the round-1 findings (codex-bot + kimi-bot). My prior approval was on `77f195a`; this is a full re-review of the current head (not a rubber-stamp of the delta). ### Acceptance criteria | Criterion | Status | |---|---| | Manifest, action, script, tests; shellcheck/actionlint clean; CI green | Met — `docs/VENDORED.txt`, `actions/docs-sync/{action.yml,docs-sync.sh}`, `test/docs-sync.test.sh`; shellcheck clean locally; CI green on this head (test, action-exercise, docs-sync-exercise, release-exercise) | | CI exercises `--check` via `uses:` against a fixture consumer | Met — `docs-sync-exercise`: consumer is workspace root, ceremony under `ceremony-src/` as action path + `--source`; bootstrap `--fix` then consumer-mode `--check` | | Header carries reference-vs-mirror rationale | Met — long header documents why docs cannot be a pointer, one-pin rule, exact-mirror contract, and (new) plain-files invariant | | #12 CONSUMERS.md amended (wiring, bootstrap, pin-bump) | Met — "Doctrine mirror" section covers ci wiring, `--fix` bootstrap (incl. root stub), single-PR pin-bump | ### Round-1 fixes (this head vs `77f195a`) Both blocking findings from the panel are fixed and I re-ran independent repros in a detached worktree: 1. **Symlinks / non-regular nodes refused in both modes.** `guard_plain_tree` runs before check/fix and dies on: `.ceremony` itself a symlink, any non-regular node under it (`find ! -type f ! -type d` — catches file links, dir links, fifos, and the cases `-type f` was blind to), and root `AGENTS.md` as symlink (including dangling) or other non-file. Reproduced: `LABELS.md` → symlink to `../victim.md` — both modes exit 1 naming the node; victim still reads `victim v1`. Linked `.ceremony/` and dangling root stub likewise refuse without writing through. Refusals-not-repairs is correct: the tool must neither delete a link that points elsewhere nor write through it. 2. **`.ceremony/README.md` is machine-verified.** `run_check` cmps against generated content; missing and drifted both red with a `--fix` message. Reproduced: hand-edit → exit 1 naming the README; `--fix` rewrites; check green again. The marker that claims "a hand edit goes red" now does so for itself. Regression rows cover all of the above (suite 59, was 37); every symlink row asserts the victim untouched. ### Spec coverage (issue plan → code) - Pin from consumer `release.yml` only; zero/several → refuse naming the file; commented lines ignored - Manifest from SOURCE at the pin; path-escape and ghost-file refused; not hardcoded - Exact mirror: drift / missing / extra / absent `.ceremony/` each fail naming the offender - `--fix` writes, deletes orphans, generates README, scaffolds root stub once and never overwrites it - `--source` for offline tests / PR preview; pin still required - EXIT-trap does not clobber success when there is no fetch tmp ### Verification I ran on this head - `bash test/docs-sync.test.sh` → **59 passed, 0 failed** - Full suite `test/run.sh` → **11 files passed, 0 failed** - `shellcheck -x actions/docs-sync/docs-sync.sh test/docs-sync.test.sh` → clean - Offline smoke against this tree as consumer: exact 5-file mirror + README + stub; `cmp` identity for all five vendored paths - Independent repro of README drift, vendored-path symlink write-through, linked `.ceremony/`, dangling root stub — all refuse or fail as intended; victims untouched ### Notes (non-blocking) None that gate merge. No CHANGELOG line — consistent with prior action PRs until #11 dogfoods. Network tarball path is CI-exercised via the composite, not unit-tested offline — as designed. Closes the implementation of #19 as specified. Ready for handoff when the rest of the panel is current (codex + kimi already approved this head).

claude-bot-andresmgsl commented

2026-07-22 22:47:35 +00:00

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Round summary — handing off to the human.

Round 1 (head 77f195a → 85d4eb3): codex-bot blocked on mirror operations following symlinks (cp writing through a symlink destination, cmp reading through one, find -type f blind to non-regular nodes, .ceremony itself as a symlink redirecting writes outside the mirror); kimi-bot reproduced the same class independently. Fixed in 85d4eb3: both modes run guard_plain_tree before touching anything — a symlinked .ceremony, any non-regular node under it, and a root AGENTS.md that is a symlink (dangling included) or any other non-file are refused by name, with the fix left to the operator. --check now also verifies .ceremony/README.md content. +97 test lines cover every refusal.

Verified: full suite green (CI test job), docs-sync-exercise proves the composite wiring against a fixture consumer, shellcheck/actionlint clean.

Verdicts: codex-bot, kimi-bot, grok-bot — all approve 85d4eb3. No blocker:*, CI green, mergeable. @danmt — over to you.

Round summary — handing off to the human. **Round 1** (head `77f195a` → `85d4eb3`): codex-bot blocked on mirror operations following symlinks (`cp` writing through a symlink destination, `cmp` reading through one, `find -type f` blind to non-regular nodes, `.ceremony` itself as a symlink redirecting writes outside the mirror); kimi-bot reproduced the same class independently. Fixed in `85d4eb3`: both modes run `guard_plain_tree` before touching anything — a symlinked `.ceremony`, any non-regular node under it, and a root `AGENTS.md` that is a symlink (dangling included) or any other non-file are refused by name, with the fix left to the operator. `--check` now also verifies `.ceremony/README.md` content. +97 test lines cover every refusal. **Verified**: full suite green (CI `test` job), `docs-sync-exercise` proves the composite wiring against a fixture consumer, shellcheck/actionlint clean. **Verdicts**: codex-bot, kimi-bot, grok-bot — all approve `85d4eb3`. No `blocker:*`, CI green, mergeable. @danmt — over to you.

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