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Update golangci-lint to v2.12.2 with canonical config (closes #60)
- Add canonical .golangci.yml (v2 schema, default: all, project
  thresholds for lll/funlen/cyclop/dupl)
- Bump golangci-lint pins from v2.0.2 to v2.12.2 in Makefile
  (go install, new /v2 module path) and Dockerfile (tagged+digest
  Debian image pin)
- Fix all lint findings surfaced by the new linter set across
  cmd/mfer, internal/bork, internal/cli, internal/log, and mfer:
  static sentinel errors (err113), context-aware HTTP and exec
  (noctx), guarded integer conversions and stricter permissions
  (gosec), named constants (mnd, goconst), function decomposition
  (funlen, cyclop, gocognit, nestif), declaration ordering
  (funcorder), t.Parallel/t.TempDir/t.Setenv adoption in tests
  (paralleltest, usetesting), protobuf getters (protogetter), plus
  formatting and style cleanups (wsl_v5, nlreturn, lll, revive,
  testifylint, and others)
- Serialize CLI runs in tests behind a mutex so parallel tests do
  not cross-wire the process-global logger's captured output

The decompositions are behavior-preserving. In particular:

- REPO_POLICIES.md is untouched and stays byte-identical to the
  authoritative copy in the prompts repo
- the mfer.manifest type stays unexported; whether to export it is an
  open owner design question (README question 13)
- directories created by fetch keep mode 0755, because fetched trees
  are content meant to be readable by other uids
- an absent MFFilePath.Mtime is handled explicitly and identically in
  freshen, list, and export rather than being read as the Unix epoch,
  which would classify every entry as changed and rewrite the manifest
  on every freshen
- every user-visible error message renders byte-identically to what it
  did before, with the err113 sentinels wrapped mid-sentence where
  needed; the rendered strings are now pinned by tests

Also fixes an argument-injection defect the lint pass surfaced: key IDs
reach gpg as bare positional arguments, so a key ID beginning with "-"
was parsed by gpg as an option. All positional arguments now follow an
explicit "--" end-of-options marker.

The symlink-escape gap in fetch's path handling, which sanitizePath
does not and cannot address, is filed separately as #86.
2026-08-09 02:16:37 +00:00

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Workflow

  • branch (from main)
  • do the work in Next Step
  • move Next Step to the top of Completed Steps
  • move the top item of Future Steps into Next Step
  • commit (TODO.md changes in the same commit as the work)
  • merge to main if the branch is not protected, otherwise open a PR
  • push

Status

pre-1.0. No git tags. README section "TODO: Remaining Work for 1.0" lists open design questions and implementation tasks; policy compliance work is in flight and unmerged.

Next Step

Work through the remaining compliance items folded from the 2026-07-02 audit (the first group under Future Steps): .editorconfig, .gitignore coverage, gofumpt-based fmt-check, README "Getting Started", and the rest. .golangci.yml and TODO.md are tracked and committed as of 2026-08-07, so the only thing left of the chore/align-repo-policies branch is the list below.

Completed Steps

  • 2026-08-07: updated golangci-lint to v2.12.2 everywhere it is pinned (Makefile, Dockerfile), added the canonical .golangci.yml (default: all), and fixed all resulting lint findings across the codebase
  • 2026-07-07 Adopted scripts-to-rule-them-all: script/ entrypoints, Makefile shims, README Entrypoints section
  • 2026-07-03: aligned repo tooling, docs, and config with standardized policies (7d9a138, on chore/align-repo-policies, unmerged)
  • 2026-06-28: moved to standardized repo policies (#56, on main)
  • 2026-04-07: added 1.0 roadmap as README TODO section, removed old TODO.md (#54)
  • 2026-03-20: added Gitea Actions CI workflow (#53)
  • 2026-03-17: added REPO_POLICIES.md, renamed CLAUDE.md to AGENTS.md (#51); removed committed .index.mf (#52)
  • 2026-03-15: split Dockerfile with pre-built golangci-lint stage for faster CI (#45)
  • 2026-03-01: 1.0 quality polish: code review, tests, bug fixes, docs (#32)
  • 2026-02-20: deterministic file ordering in Builder.Build() (#28); removed committed vendor/modcache archives (#35)
  • 2026-02-08: added --seed flag for deterministic manifest UUID

Future Steps

  • Compliance (fold of TODO.md audit 2026-07-02; verify which items the in-flight branch already closes, then check off):
    • Add .editorconfig (canonical copy from sneak/prompts)
    • Make .gitignore cover secrets (.env, _.key, .pem), OS files (.DS_Store), and editor files (.swp, _~)
    • Make fmt-check/lint verify with gofumpt, not gofmt -l, so make check matches what make fmt writes
    • Add README "Getting Started" section with copy-pasteable install/usage block
    • Move FORMAT.md from repo root to docs/ and update the AGENTS.md reference
    • Pin Makefile-installed Go tools (protoc-gen-go@v1.28.1, golangci-lint@v2.12.2) by module hash, not mutable tag
    • Set make test timeout to 30s (currently 10s)
    • Add explicit README "Rationale" heading (content exists under other names); name the author in the README Description first line
    • Reconcile root-level AGENTS.md with directory-hygiene policy (keep or relocate)
    • Add a make build target
    • Rewrite make hooks to use printf or a heredoc instead of non-portable echo '...\n...'
  • Answer the 14 owner design questions in the README 1.0 roadmap:
    • Format: simplify MFFileChecksum; store file mode; drop atime; specify path normalization rules; version byte after magic; length-prefix after magic
    • Signatures: hash covers compressed or uncompressed data; sign raw bytes vs hex canonical string; detached .mf.sig support; GPG subprocess vs pure-Go crypto
    • Implementation: deterministic manifests by default; consolidate duplicate scanner/checker implementations; export the manifest type; canonical Go module path for 1.0
  • Format and correctness:
    • Resolve proto go_package vs go.mod module path inconsistency
    • Specify and validate path invariants (UTF-8, forward-slash, relative, no .., no leading /)
    • Remove or deprecate atime; reserve mode field; add version byte (all pending design answers)
    • Write a standalone format specification document
  • Library:
    • Delete internal/scanner and internal/checker; consolidate on the mfer/ package versions (pending design answer)
    • Add decompression size limit via io.LimitReader in deserializeInner()
    • Fix errors.Is dead code in checker; make AddFile verify totalRead == size
    • Export manifest type or define a public interface (pending)
    • Replace GPG subprocess with pure-Go crypto (pending); add timeouts to remaining subprocess calls
  • CLI:
    • Kebab-case primary flag names; fix fetch URL construction with url.JoinPath; add http.Client timeout and retry with backoff to fetch; rate-limit Checker progress output; add --deterministic flag or default; wire top-level --version properly
  • Testing:
    • Fuzz NewManifestFromReader; end-to-end tests for freshen and fetch
  • Documentation:
    • Promote docs/FORMAT.md as primary spec reference; audit error messages; document the signature scheme fully
  • Release:
    • Finalize module path, bump version constant, SemVer --version output, tag v1.0.0