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19 changes: 13 additions & 6 deletions src/docs/candidates.ts
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Expand Up @@ -34,28 +34,35 @@ export function defaultGit(cwd: string): GitRunner {
};
}

/**
* Collect NUL-delimited (`-z`) pathnames. Each entry is kept byte-for-byte:
* no trimming, and `-z` also disables Git's C-style quoting, so paths with
* spaces, newlines or non-ASCII characters come through as the real names.
*/
function collect(out: string | null, into: Set<string>): void {
if (out === null) return;
for (const line of out.split("\n")) {
const f = line.trim();
if (f) into.add(f);
for (const f of out.split("\0")) {
if (f !== "") into.add(f);
}
}

/**
* Files changed relative to HEAD. `null` means "no git signal" → full scan.
* An empty array means git works but nothing changed.
*
* `--no-renames` reports a rename as delete + add, so BOTH the old path (whose
* docs are now orphaned) and the new path are candidates.
*/
export function changedFilesFromGit(cwd: string, git: GitRunner = defaultGit(cwd)): string[] | null {
const workingTree = git(["diff", "--name-only", "HEAD"]);
const workingTree = git(["diff", "--name-only", "-z", "--no-renames", "HEAD"]);

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Force repository-root paths for both diffs.

If diff.relative=true and cwd is nested, Git omits changes outside that directory and reports remaining diff paths relative to it. ls-files --full-name reports repository-root paths instead. A tracked change to src/existing.ts can therefore enter the candidate set as existing.ts, so scoped refresh misses its documents. Add --no-relative to both diff calls. Test a nested cwd with diff.relative=true. (git-scm.com)

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In `@src/docs/candidates.ts` at line 57, Add --no-relative to both git diff
invocations, including the workingTree call, so nested working directories with
diff.relative=true still produce repository-root paths and include changes
outside the cwd. Add a test covering a nested cwd with diff.relative=true.

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if (workingTree === null) return null; // not a repo / git missing
const files = new Set<string>();
collect(workingTree, files);
// Untracked, non-ignored files — a brand-new file doesn't show in `git diff`
// but is exactly the case that needs a fresh doc generated.
collect(git(["ls-files", "--others", "--exclude-standard"]), files);
collect(git(["ls-files", "--full-name", "-z", "--others", "--exclude-standard"]), files);
// The last commit too, for the post-commit path where the tree is clean.
collect(git(["diff", "--name-only", "HEAD~1", "HEAD"]), files);
collect(git(["diff", "--name-only", "-z", "--no-renames", "HEAD~1", "HEAD"]), files);
return [...files];
}

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202 changes: 196 additions & 6 deletions tests/shared/docs-candidates.test.ts
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import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
import { changedFilesFromGit, expandToCandidateFiles } from "../../src/docs/candidates.js";
import type { GraphNode, GraphSnapshot } from "../../src/graph/types.js";

Expand All @@ -9,17 +13,37 @@ function snap(nodes: GraphNode[], links: Array<{ source: string; target: string;
return { nodes, links } as unknown as GraphSnapshot;
}

const WORKING_TREE = "diff --name-only -z --no-renames HEAD";
const LAST_COMMIT = "diff --name-only -z --no-renames HEAD~1 HEAD";
const UNTRACKED = "ls-files --full-name -z --others --exclude-standard";

describe("changedFilesFromGit", () => {
it("unions working-tree changes with the last commit, deduped", async () => {
const git = vi.fn((args: string[]) => {
if (args.join(" ") === "diff --name-only HEAD") return "src/money.ts\nsrc/cart.ts\n";
if (args.join(" ") === "diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD") return "src/cart.ts\nsrc/util.ts\n";
if (args.join(" ") === WORKING_TREE) return "src/money.ts\0src/cart.ts\0";
if (args.join(" ") === LAST_COMMIT) return "src/cart.ts\0src/util.ts\0";
return "";
});
const out = changedFilesFromGit("/x", git)!;
expect(new Set(out)).toEqual(new Set(["src/money.ts", "src/cart.ts", "src/util.ts"]));
});

it("asks every pathname-producing git call for NUL-delimited output, and diffs without rename detection", () => {
const git = vi.fn((_args: string[]) => "");
changedFilesFromGit("/x", git);
const calls = git.mock.calls.map(([args]) => args.join(" "));
expect(calls).toEqual([WORKING_TREE, UNTRACKED, LAST_COMMIT]);
});

it("keeps entries exactly as git reports them — no trimming, no newline splitting", () => {
const git = vi.fn((args: string[]) => {
if (args.join(" ") === WORKING_TREE) return " lead.ts\0trail.ts \0a b.ts\0line\nbreak.ts\0";
if (args.join(" ") === UNTRACKED) return "日本語.ts\0";
return "";
});
expect(changedFilesFromGit("/x", git)).toEqual([" lead.ts", "trail.ts ", "a b.ts", "line\nbreak.ts", "日本語.ts"]);
});

it("returns null when git is unavailable (→ caller does a full scan)", () => {
const git = vi.fn(() => null); // not a repo / git missing
expect(changedFilesFromGit("/x", git)).toBeNull();
Expand All @@ -31,13 +55,172 @@ describe("changedFilesFromGit", () => {
});

it("includes untracked (new, non-ignored) files — the new-file case", () => {
const git = vi.fn((args: string[]) =>
args.join(" ") === "ls-files --others --exclude-standard" ? "src/tax.ts\n" : "",
);
const git = vi.fn((args: string[]) => (args.join(" ") === UNTRACKED ? "src/tax.ts\0" : ""));
expect(changedFilesFromGit("/x", git)).toEqual(["src/tax.ts"]);
});
});

// Real repositories, each in its own temp dir. Global/system git config is
// replaced with an empty file, discovery can't climb out of the fixture, and
// commits run with hooks and signing disabled — nothing outside the temp dir
// is read or written.
describe("changedFilesFromGit against real temporary git repositories", () => {
const ISOLATED_ENV_VARS = [
"GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL", "GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM", "GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM", "GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES",
"GIT_DIR", "GIT_WORK_TREE", "GIT_INDEX_FILE", "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY", "GIT_COMMON_DIR",
"GIT_CONFIG_COUNT", "GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS",
];
let root: string;
let savedEnv: Record<string, string | undefined>;

beforeEach(() => {
root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "hm-docs-candidates-"));
const emptyConfig = join(root, "empty-gitconfig");
writeFileSync(emptyConfig, "");
savedEnv = {};
for (const k of ISOLATED_ENV_VARS) {
savedEnv[k] = process.env[k];
delete process.env[k];
}
process.env.GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL = emptyConfig;
process.env.GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM = emptyConfig;
process.env.GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM = "1";
process.env.GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES = root;
});

afterEach(() => {
for (const k of ISOLATED_ENV_VARS) {
if (savedEnv[k] === undefined) delete process.env[k];
else process.env[k] = savedEnv[k];
}
rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
});

function makeRepo(): { dir: string; g: (args: string[]) => string; write: (rel: string, body: string) => void; commit: (msg: string) => void } {
const dir = join(root, "repo");
mkdirSync(dir);
const hooks = join(root, "no-hooks");
mkdirSync(hooks);
const g = (args: string[]) => execFileSync("git", ["-C", dir, ...args], { encoding: "utf8", stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"] });
g(["init", "-q"]);
g(["config", "user.email", "t@example.invalid"]);
g(["config", "user.name", "t"]);
g(["config", "commit.gpgsign", "false"]);
g(["config", "core.hooksPath", hooks]);
const write = (rel: string, body: string) => {
mkdirSync(dirname(join(dir, rel)), { recursive: true });
writeFileSync(join(dir, rel), body);
};
const commit = (msg: string) => {
g(["add", "-A"]);
g(["commit", "-q", "--no-verify", "--no-gpg-sign", "-m", msg]);
};
return { dir, g, write, commit };
}

const DOC_BODY = "# Guide\n\nThis content is long enough to be detected as an exact rename.\n";

it("staged rename reports both the old and the new path", () => {
const { dir, g, write, commit } = makeRepo();
write("docs/old.md", DOC_BODY);
write("src/a.ts", "export const a = 1;\n");
commit("init");
write("src/b.ts", "export const b = 1;\n");
commit("second"); // HEAD~1..HEAD touches only src/b.ts
g(["mv", "docs/old.md", "docs/new.md"]);
const out = new Set(changedFilesFromGit(dir));
expect(out).toEqual(new Set(["docs/old.md", "docs/new.md", "src/b.ts"]));
});

it("committed rename (clean tree, post-commit path) reports both the old and the new path", () => {
const { dir, g, write, commit } = makeRepo();
write("docs/old.md", DOC_BODY);
commit("init");
g(["mv", "docs/old.md", "docs/new.md"]);
commit("rename");
expect(new Set(changedFilesFromGit(dir))).toEqual(new Set(["docs/old.md", "docs/new.md"]));
});

it("committed rename feeds expandToCandidateFiles, which keeps the deleted old path and its callers", () => {
const { dir, g, write, commit } = makeRepo();
write("src/money.ts", "export function addTax() { return 1; }\n");
write("src/cart.ts", "import { addTax } from './money';\nexport const total = addTax();\n");
commit("init");
g(["mv", "src/money.ts", "src/pricing.ts"]);
commit("rename");
const changed = changedFilesFromGit(dir)!;
// The stored graph still describes the pre-rename layout.
const s = snap(
[node("src/money.ts:addTax:function", "src/money.ts"), node("src/cart.ts:total:function", "src/cart.ts")],
[{ source: "src/cart.ts:total:function", target: "src/money.ts:addTax:function", relation: "calls" }],
);
const out = new Set(expandToCandidateFiles(s, changed));
expect(out.has("src/money.ts")).toBe(true); // deleted old path — its docs must be revisited
expect(out.has("src/pricing.ts")).toBe(true); // new path
expect(out.has("src/cart.ts")).toBe(true); // caller of the old path's symbol
});

it("preserves spaces, Unicode and (where the filesystem allows) newlines from all three git sources", () => {
const { dir, write, commit } = makeRepo();
const newlineOk = process.platform !== "win32";
const committedName = "src/日本語 notes.ts";
const trackedName = " lead space.ts"; // leading space: a trim() would corrupt it
const untrackedName = "docs/café guide.md".normalize("NFC");
const newlineName = "src/line\nbreak.ts";
write("seed.txt", "seed\n");
write(trackedName, "export const x = 1;\n");
commit("init");
write(committedName, "export const y = 1;\n");
if (newlineOk) write(newlineName, "export const z = 1;\n");
commit("unusual names"); // HEAD~1..HEAD
write(trackedName, "export const x = 2;\n"); // working-tree edit
write(untrackedName, "# new\n"); // untracked
const out = changedFilesFromGit(dir)!;
const expected = [committedName, trackedName, untrackedName, ...(newlineOk ? [newlineName] : [])];
expect(new Set(out)).toEqual(new Set(expected));
for (const f of out) expect(f).not.toMatch(/^"|\\\d{3}/); // never Git's C-quoted form
});

it("reports untracked paths when nothing tracked changed", () => {
const { dir, write, commit } = makeRepo();
write("a.ts", "export const a = 1;\n");
commit("init");
write("fresh dir/new file.ts", "export const n = 1;\n");
expect(changedFilesFromGit(dir)).toEqual(["fresh dir/new file.ts"]);
});

it("reports untracked filenames relative to the repository root from a nested cwd", () => {
const { dir, write, commit } = makeRepo();
write("src/existing.ts", "export const value = 1;\n");
commit("init");
write("src/new file.ts", "export const value = 2;\n");
expect(changedFilesFromGit(join(dir, "src"))).toEqual(["src/new file.ts"]);
});

it("clean repo with a single commit returns [] (not null)", () => {
const { dir, write, commit } = makeRepo();
write("a.ts", "export const a = 1;\n");
commit("init");
expect(changedFilesFromGit(dir)).toEqual([]);
});

it("clean repo reports exactly the files touched by the last commit", () => {
const { dir, write, commit } = makeRepo();
write("a.ts", "export const a = 1;\n");
write("b.ts", "export const b = 1;\n");
commit("init");
write("b.ts", "export const b = 2;\n");
commit("edit b");
expect(changedFilesFromGit(dir)).toEqual(["b.ts"]);
});

it("a directory that is not a git repository returns null", () => {
const dir = join(root, "plain");
mkdirSync(dir);
expect(changedFilesFromGit(dir)).toBeNull();
});
});

describe("expandToCandidateFiles", () => {
// cart.ts:total calls money.ts:addTax → editing money.ts must pull cart.ts in.
const s = snap(
Expand All @@ -55,4 +238,11 @@ describe("expandToCandidateFiles", () => {
it("returns just the changed files when they define no graph symbols", () => {
expect(expandToCandidateFiles(s, ["README.md"])).toEqual(["README.md"]);
});

it("retains a deleted/renamed-away path even when the graph no longer has nodes for it", () => {
// Graph rebuilt after the rename: only the new path has nodes.
const rebuilt = snap([node("src/pricing.ts:addTax:function", "src/pricing.ts")]);
const out = new Set(expandToCandidateFiles(rebuilt, ["src/money.ts", "src/pricing.ts"]));
expect(out).toEqual(new Set(["src/money.ts", "src/pricing.ts"]));
});
});