Rewrite the stale TODO tracking in README.md and TODO.md to match reality #76

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2026-08-09T03:42:37+02:00

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2026-08-09 03:42:37 +02:00

Context

Policy: "TODO: Update meticulously, even between commits."

Both tracking documents are substantially wrong, and in the most damaging
direction: they list work as outstanding that is already done, which means
anyone picking the repo up wastes time re-investigating finished work.

Items listed as open in README.md / TODO.md that are already done:

"Delete internal/scanner/ and internal/checker/" — those directories
do not exist. The CLI already uses mfer.NewScannerWithOptions and
mfer.NewChecker.
"Add decompression size limit via io.LimitReader" — done at
mfer/deserialize.go:121-126, bounded by MaxDecompressedSize.
"Fix errors.Is dead code in checker" — mfer/checker.go:321 already
correctly matches os.ErrNotExist / afero.ErrFileNotFound.
"Fix AddFile to verify size" — done at mfer/builder.go:173-177.
"Add deterministic file ordering in Builder.Build()" — done at
mfer/builder.go:285-287, with tests.
"Kebab-case primary flag names" — all primary flag names already are.
"Rate-limit Checker progress output" — done at mfer/checker.go:222-241.
"Wire top-level --version properly" — mfer --version already prints
mfer version 0.1.0. (A separate -v collision bug is real and tracked
in #64, but that is not what the TODO says.)
"Add .golangci.yml" and "Add .gitea/workflows/check.yml" — both done.

TODO.md's "Next Step" is entirely stale. It instructs the reader to
land the in-flight chore/align-repo-policies branch. That branch does not
exist locally or on the remote, and commit 7d9a138 is not present in the
repository at all. Its content was superseded by #56, #58, and #59. Nothing
is left to salvage.

There is also a structural problem: policy wants the TODO in the README, but
the repo has both a README TODO section and a separate root TODO.md, and
they have drifted from each other as well as from the code.

Definition of done

Every item verified above as complete is removed from both documents.
TODO.md's "Next Step" no longer references chore/align-repo-policies.
The Completed Steps entry for 2026-07-03 is corrected to record that the
branch was superseded and dropped, so the history is not silently
rewritten.
The remaining open work in both documents is replaced by references to the
tracker issues that now own it (#60-#83), rather than a second, divergent
copy of the backlog. The Gitea tracker is authoritative; the README should
point at it, not duplicate it.
The duplication between README.md's TODO section and root TODO.md is
resolved one way or the other, and the choice is stated in the commit
message.
The 14 owner design questions currently inlined in the README are moved to
or referenced from their tracker issues (#81, #82, #83) so answers land in
one place.
make check passes.

Implementation requirements

Verify each claim above yourself before deleting the corresponding line.
Do not take this issue's word for it — the whole point is that the
document being fixed was trusted and wrong.
Do not delete open items you cannot verify are done. If something is
ambiguous, leave it and note the ambiguity.
Run make fmt so the markdown matches the repo's formatting settings.
This change touches only README.md and TODO.md. If you find yourself
editing code, stop — that belongs in the issue that owns it.
Commit title must end with (closes #76).

## Context Policy: "**TODO**: Update meticulously, even between commits." Both tracking documents are substantially wrong, and in the most damaging direction: they list work as outstanding that is already done, which means anyone picking the repo up wastes time re-investigating finished work. **Items listed as open in `README.md` / `TODO.md` that are already done:** - "Delete `internal/scanner/` and `internal/checker/`" — those directories do not exist. The CLI already uses `mfer.NewScannerWithOptions` and `mfer.NewChecker`. - "Add decompression size limit via `io.LimitReader`" — done at `mfer/deserialize.go:121-126`, bounded by `MaxDecompressedSize`. - "Fix `errors.Is` dead code in checker" — `mfer/checker.go:321` already correctly matches `os.ErrNotExist` / `afero.ErrFileNotFound`. - "Fix `AddFile` to verify size" — done at `mfer/builder.go:173-177`. - "Add deterministic file ordering in `Builder.Build()`" — done at `mfer/builder.go:285-287`, with tests. - "Kebab-case primary flag names" — all primary flag names already are. - "Rate-limit Checker progress output" — done at `mfer/checker.go:222-241`. - "Wire top-level `--version` properly" — `mfer --version` already prints `mfer version 0.1.0`. (A separate `-v` collision bug is real and tracked in #64, but that is not what the TODO says.) - "Add `.golangci.yml`" and "Add `.gitea/workflows/check.yml`" — both done. **`TODO.md`'s "Next Step" is entirely stale.** It instructs the reader to land the in-flight `chore/align-repo-policies` branch. That branch does not exist locally or on the remote, and commit `7d9a138` is not present in the repository at all. Its content was superseded by #56, #58, and #59. Nothing is left to salvage. There is also a structural problem: policy wants the TODO in the README, but the repo has both a README TODO section and a separate root `TODO.md`, and they have drifted from each other as well as from the code. ## Definition of done - Every item verified above as complete is removed from both documents. - `TODO.md`'s "Next Step" no longer references `chore/align-repo-policies`. The Completed Steps entry for 2026-07-03 is corrected to record that the branch was superseded and dropped, so the history is not silently rewritten. - The remaining open work in both documents is replaced by references to the tracker issues that now own it (#60-#83), rather than a second, divergent copy of the backlog. The Gitea tracker is authoritative; the README should point at it, not duplicate it. - The duplication between `README.md`'s TODO section and root `TODO.md` is resolved one way or the other, and the choice is stated in the commit message. - The 14 owner design questions currently inlined in the README are moved to or referenced from their tracker issues (#81, #82, #83) so answers land in one place. - `make check` passes. ## Implementation requirements - Verify each claim above yourself before deleting the corresponding line. Do not take this issue's word for it — the whole point is that the document being fixed was trusted and wrong. - Do not delete open items you cannot verify are done. If something is ambiguous, leave it and note the ambiguity. - Run `make fmt` so the markdown matches the repo's formatting settings. - This change touches only `README.md` and `TODO.md`. If you find yourself editing code, stop — that belongs in the issue that owns it. - Commit title must end with ` (closes #76)`.

clawbot added this to the 1.0.0 milestone 2026-08-09 03:42:37 +02:00

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2026-08-09 03:45:49 +02:00

Stale branch cleanup: three unmerged branches, none worth keeping as-is #85

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Reference: sneak/mfer#76