squared 0.9.0.pre1 → 0.9.0

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data/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## [0.9.0] - 2026-10-12
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 - Docker command network action rm is interactive.
 - Docker command container action rm is interactive.
 - Docker command run action entrypoint is interactive.
+- Node command tsc accepts unfiltered arbitrary option flags.
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@
 - Repo sync option --fetch-submodules was renamed --recurse-submodules.
 - Ruby command script does not run code until it has passed validation.
 - Ruby gem io-console is used for default console size.
+- Node program tsc boolean options support explicit values.
+- Python program meson prefix options use local path resolution.
 
 ### Removed
 
@@ -42,6 +45,35 @@
 - Docker private method charname was replaced with subdomainname.
 - Git command show was relocated into command git action show.
 
+## [0.8.6] - 2026-10-01
+
+### Added
+
+- Pip command options were updated to 26.2.
+- Application method assign for appending project instance methods was created.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Bundle exec wrapper did not accept boolean values.
+- RuboCop did not resolve config to project directory.
+
+## [0.7.13] - 2026-09-25
+
+### Fixed
+
+- OptionPartition did not parse quoted option values.
+
+## [0.6.20] - 2026-09-25
+
+### Added
+
+- Prompt choice optional selection can be bypassed with a single dash.
+- OptionPartition can parse supplementary option flags for plain output.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Git interactive commit selection did not accept additional values.
+
 ## [0.8.5] - 2026-09-23
 
 ### Added
@@ -2166,12 +2198,15 @@
 
 - Changelog was created.
 
+[0.9.0]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.9.0
+[0.8.6]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.8.6
 [0.8.5]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.8.5
 [0.8.4]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.8.4
 [0.8.3]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.8.3
 [0.8.2]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.8.2
 [0.8.1]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.8.1
 [0.8.0]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.8.0
+[0.7.13]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.7.13
 [0.7.12]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.7.12
 [0.7.11]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.7.11
 [0.7.10]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.7.10
@@ -2185,6 +2220,7 @@
 [0.7.2]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.7.2
 [0.7.1]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.7.1
 [0.7.0]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.7.0
+[0.6.20]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.6.20
 [0.6.19]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.6.19
 [0.6.18]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.6.18
 [0.6.17]: https://github.com/anpham6/squared-ruby/releases/tag/v0.6.17

data/README.md

@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ Usage: sqd [options] [rake options] [global...] [:targets...] -- [rake targets..
 
     -s, --[no-]strict                Do not run commands with invalid arguments
         --update                     Use update strategy for applicable commands
+        --parallel STR,PAT           Run standard tasks with multi-task threads
     -F, --force [STR,STR]            Enable force through ENV by application
     -y, --yes [STR,STR]              Enable auto-approve through ENV by application
     -d, --dry-run                    Run commands without any modifying actions
 
-    -S, --select PAGE:CHOICE         Prompt menu selection pagination limits
+    -S, --select PAGE[:CHOICE]       Prompt menu selection pagination display (e.g. 15:75)
 
     -p, --pipe 0|1|2                 Set file descriptor for communication
     -o, --pipe-out FILE              Write command data stream to a file
@@ -132,13 +133,13 @@ Workspace::Application
     apply :clean, ["build/sqd/"]                                           # variable_set (alias)
   end
   .with(:docker, only: ["build", "compose"], hide: [:windows?]) do         # When true hide entire group
-    .add("squared", "docker", file: "Dockerfile", tag: "latest",
-                              registry: "localhost:5000", username: "squared",               # compose publish => { oci: "oci://docker.io" }
-                              args: "--ssh=default",
-                              context: ".",                                                  # Optional
-                              client: { config: '/home/user/.docker', tls: true },           # global options
-                              secrets: ["id=github,env=GITHUB_TOKEN"],
-                              mounts: ["src=.,dst=/project,ro,bind-propagation=rshared"]) do
+    add("squared", "docker", file: "Dockerfile", tag: "latest",
+                             registry: "localhost:5000", username: "squared",               # compose publish => { oci: "oci://docker.io" }
+                             args: "--ssh=default",
+                             context: ".",                                                  # Optional
+                             client: { config: '/home/user/.docker', tls: true },           # global options
+                             secrets: ["id=github,env=GITHUB_TOKEN"],
+                             mounts: ["src=.,dst=/project,ro,bind-propagation=rshared"]) do
       series(:clean) do # run | depend | doc | lint | test | copy | clean
         File.read(basepath("docker-bake.hcl"))
             .scan(/\btags\s+=\s+\["([^"]+)"\]/)
@@ -146,6 +147,15 @@ Workspace::Application
       end
     end
   end
+  .assign(:ruby) do # Add or override instance methods
+    def vmname(bin: false)
+      bin ? ['rbenv', '/usr/bin/rbenv'] : 'rbenv'
+    end
+
+    def copy?
+      false
+    end
+  end
   .pass("pull", group: "default") { test? || doc? } # rake pathname:pull optparse:pull
   .style("banner", 255.255) # 256 colors (fg | fg.bg | -0.bg)
   .build(default: "build", parallel: ["pull", "fetch", "rebase", "archive", "clean", /^outdated:/], pass: ["publish"]) do |workspace|
@@ -388,10 +398,10 @@ Workspace::Application
     run([nil, "build:dev", { "PATH" => "~/.bin" }, "--workspace", "--silent"])    # PATH="~/.bin" npm run build:dev --workspace -- --silent
     # OR
     run({
-      script: "build:dev",                                                     
-      env: { "PATH" => "~/.bin" },                                             
-      opts: "--workspace",                                                     
-      args: "--silent"                                                         
+      script: "build:dev",
+      env: { "PATH" => "~/.bin" },
+      opts: "--workspace",
+      args: "--silent"
     })
 
     add("e-mc", "emc") do

data/exe/sqd

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-$:.unshift(File.expand_path('../lib', __dir__)) if File.exist?(File.expand_path('../squared.gemspec', __dir__))
-
 require 'squared'
 require 'rake'
 require 'optparse'
@@ -103,6 +101,18 @@ class SqdParser < OptionParser
         ARGV[index] = ''
       end
     end
+    if options[:parallel]
+      pattern, parallel = options[:parallel].partition do |val|
+        next false if val.match?(%r{^[\w~`!@#%&\-=:;"'<>/]+$})
+
+        Regexp.new(val)
+      rescue RegexpError
+        false
+      end
+      session = Squared::Common::ARG
+      session[:APP][:build_pattern] = pattern.map { |pat| Regexp.new(pat) } unless pattern.empty?
+      session[:APP][:build_parallel] = parallel unless parallel.empty?
+    end
     ARGV.reject!(&:empty?)
     Rake.application.run(global.concat(ARGV))
   end
@@ -112,7 +122,7 @@ class SqdParser < OptionParser
   end
 
   def error_exit(*val, hint)
-    raise OptionParser::InvalidArgument, message(*val, hint: hint)
+    raise OptionParser::InvalidArgument, message(*val, hint: hint), caller(1)
   end
 end
 
@@ -134,7 +144,6 @@ SqdParser.new do |sqd|
   end
   sqd.on('-e', '--project-env KEY=STR', 'Provide command ENV variables for :targets (multiple)') do |val|
     sqd.error_exit('missing value', "#{val}=") unless val.include?('=')
-
     sqd.options[:'project-env'] << val
   end
   sqd.separator ''
@@ -145,6 +154,7 @@ SqdParser.new do |sqd|
   sqd.on('--update', 'Use update strategy for applicable commands') do
     ENV['UPDATE'] = 'true'
   end
+  sqd.on('--parallel STR,PAT', Array, 'Run standard tasks with multi-task threads')
   sqd.on('-F', '--force [STR,STR]', Array, 'Enable force through ENV by application') do |val|
     sqd.parse_common(val, session: session, arg: :FORCE)
   end
@@ -155,10 +165,9 @@ SqdParser.new do |sqd|
     ENV['DRY_RUN'] = 'true'
   end
   sqd.separator ''
-  sqd.on('-S', '--select PAGE:CHOICE', 'Prompt menu selection pagination limits') do |val|
+  sqd.on('-S', '--select PAGE[:CHOICE]', 'Prompt menu selection pagination display (e.g. 15:75)') do |val|
     page, choice = val.split(/\D/, 2).map(&:to_i)
     sqd.error_exit('not an integer', val) if choice.nil? ? page == 0 : choice == 0
-
     session[:PAGE] = page if page > 0
     session[:CHOICE] = choice if choice.to_i > 0
     ENV['SELECT'] = "#{page}:#{choice}"
@@ -166,17 +175,14 @@ SqdParser.new do |sqd|
   sqd.separator ''
   sqd.on('-p', '--pipe 0|1|2', Integer, 'Set file descriptor for communication') do |val|
     sqd.error_exit('out of range', val) unless val.between?(0, 2)
-
     session[:PIPE] = val
   end
   sqd.on('-o', '--pipe-out FILE', 'Write command data stream to a file') do |val|
     sqd.error_exit("missing an explicit \".#{File::SEPARATOR}\"", val) unless val.include?(File::SEPARATOR)
-
     session[:OUT] = val
   end
   sqd.on('--fail 0..4', Integer, 'Set application exception level') do |val|
     sqd.error_exit('out of range', val) unless val.between?(0, 4)
-
     session[:FAIL] = val
   end
   %i[debug info warn error fatal].then do |state|
@@ -216,9 +222,14 @@ SqdParser.new do |sqd|
   end
   sqd.on('--version', 'Print the current version') do
     puts Squared::VERSION
-    exit 0
+    exit
   end
   sqd.on('-h', '--help', 'Print the command line options') do
-    sqd.help_exit
+    if defined?(sqd.help_exit)
+      sqd.help_exit
+    else
+      puts sqd.help
+      exit
+    end
   end
 end.run

data/lib/squared/common/prompt.rb

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module Squared
         end
       rescue Interrupt
         puts
-        exit 0
+        exit
       else
         exit 1 if force
         false
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ module Squared
           while (ch = Prompt.reline.readline(msg))
             ch.strip!
             if !ch.empty?
-              if multiple
+              if ch == '-' && !force
+                break
+              elsif multiple
                 k = if ch == '*'
                       (min..max).to_a
                     else
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ module Squared
           end
         rescue Interrupt
           std.puts
-          exit 0
+          exit
         else
           [] if multiple
         end

data/lib/squared/version.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Squared
-  VERSION = '0.9.0.pre1'
+  VERSION = '0.9.0'
 end

data/lib/squared/workspace/application.rb

@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ module Squared
                             end
         @pass.items.concat(kwargs[:pass].map { |val| val.is_a?(Regexp) ? val : val.to_s }) if kwargs[:pass]
         @series = Application.register(self, @base.to_a, exclude: kwargs.fetch(:exclude, []))
-        if (n = ARG[:APP][:series_ref_min])
-          @series.ref_min = n
-        end
+        app = ARG[:APP]
+        @series.ref_min = app[:series_ref_min] if app.key?(:series_ref_min)
+        kwargs[:pattern].concat(app[:build_pattern]) if app.key?(:build_pattern)
+        kwargs[:parallel].concat(app[:build_parallel]) if app.key?(:build_parallel)
         self.closed = 'begin'
         pb = @stage.key?('project:begin')
         pe = @stage.key?('project:end')
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ module Squared
         end
         unless ref.is_a?(Symbol) && (proj = @base.find { |item| item.ref == ref })
           proj = if !ref.is_a?(Class)
-                   require_project(ref) || Application.find(ref: ref, path: path)
+                   find_project(ref: ref, path: path)
                  elsif Application.extends(ref)
                    ref
                  end || @kind[name]&.last
@@ -454,6 +455,16 @@ module Squared
         self
       end
 
+      def assign(ref = @ref, &blk)
+        proj = ref && find_project(ref: ref)
+        if proj
+          proj.class_eval(&blk)
+        else
+          warn log_message(Logger::ERROR, 'class not found', subject: main, hint: ref)
+        end
+        self
+      end
+
       def stage(val, first: false, &blk)
         data = @stage[val]
         if first == true
@@ -481,7 +492,7 @@ module Squared
           obj = begin
             JSON.parse(homepath(obj).read, { symbolize_names: true })
           rescue => e
-            warn log_message(Logger::ERROR, e)
+            warn log_message(Logger::ERROR, e, subject: main)
           end
         end
         apply_style(data || theme, obj, args, empty: empty) if obj && (!target || data)
@@ -642,16 +653,24 @@ module Squared
         val = val.split(':') if val.is_a?(String)
         if before || after || opts
           pos = []
-          pos << (before.is_a?(Array) ? before.join(',') : before) if before
-          if opts
-            pos << if opts.is_a?(Array)
-                     arg ? "#{arg}=#{opts.join(',')}" : opts.join('|')
+          append = lambda do |data|
+            pos << case data
+                   when Array
+                     data.join(',')
+                   when Hash
+                     data.keys.join('|')
                    else
-                     opts
+                     data
                    end
           end
-          pos << (after.is_a?(Array) ? after.join(',') : after) if after
-          val << "#{val.pop}[#{pos.join(',')}]"
+          append.call(before)
+          pos << if opts.is_a?(Array)
+                   arg ? "#{arg}=#{opts.join(',')}" : opts.join('|')
+                 else
+                   opts
+                 end
+          append.call(after)
+          val << "#{val.pop}[#{pos.compact.join(',')}]"
         end
         out ? message(*val) : task_desc(*val)
       end
@@ -707,12 +726,12 @@ module Squared
         !@extensions.empty? || any? { |proj| proj.enabled?(base: false) }
       end
 
-      def task_base?(key)
-        series.base?(key)
+      def task_base?(...)
+        series.base?(...)
       end
 
-      def task_extend?(obj, key)
-        series.extend?(obj, key)
+      def task_extend?(...)
+        series.extend?(...)
       end
 
       def task_include?(obj, key, ref: nil)
@@ -748,12 +767,12 @@ module Squared
         !!find(home)&.enabled?
       end
 
-      def rootpath(*args)
-        root.join(*args)
+      def rootpath(...)
+        root.join(...)
       end
 
-      def homepath(*args)
-        home.join(*args)
+      def homepath(...)
+        home.join(...)
       end
 
       def pwd
@@ -1091,6 +1110,10 @@ module Squared
         nil
       end
 
+      def find_project(ref:, path: nil)
+        require_project(ref) || Application.find(ref: ref, path: path)
+      end
+
       def root?(path, pass: [])
         return false unless path.directory?
 

data/lib/squared/workspace/project/base.rb

@@ -1139,8 +1139,8 @@ module Squared
           @ref.reverse_each(&blk)
         end
 
-        def basepath(*args)
-          path.join(*args)
+        def basepath(...)
+          path.join(...)
         end
 
         def basepath!(*args, type: nil)
@@ -1174,10 +1174,20 @@ module Squared
           ret = basepath(*args)
           return ret unless ascend && !ret.exist?
 
+          case ascend
+          when String, Pathname
+            root = Pathname.new(ascend).cleanpath
+            root = nil unless root.absolute? && root.directory?
+          end
           path.parent.ascend.each do |dir|
             target = dir.join(*args)
             return target if target.exist?
-            break if (ascend.is_a?(String) && dir.join(ascend).exist?) || workspace.root == dir || parent&.path == dir
+
+            if root
+              break if dir == root
+            elsif workspace.root == dir || parent&.path == dir || (ascend.is_a?(String) && dir.join(ascend).exist?)
+              break
+            end
           end
           ret
         end
@@ -1364,7 +1374,7 @@ module Squared
               run(val, var, sync: sync, banner: banner, **kwargs)
             end
           rescue => e
-            on_error(e, exception: kwargs.fetch(:exception, exception?))
+            on_error(e, exception: exception?(**kwargs))
           end
           on :last, from
         end
@@ -2134,6 +2144,10 @@ module Squared
 
         def param_guard(action, flag, args:, key: nil, pat: nil, values: nil)
           if args && key
+            if key.is_a?(Array)
+              return key.map { |val| param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: val, pat: pat, values: values) }
+            end
+
             val = args.fetch(key, nil)
             return val unless val.nil? || (pat && !val.match?(pat)) || (values && !values.include?(val))
 
@@ -2820,7 +2834,9 @@ module Squared
           workspace.warning
         end
 
-        def exception?(*level)
+        def exception?(*level, **kwargs)
+          return kwargs[:exception] if kwargs.key?(:exception)
+
           ret = exception
           return ret unless ret.is_a?(Numeric)
 

data/lib/squared/workspace/project/docker.rb

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ module Squared
               if flags.nil?
                 case action
                 when 'ls'
-                  format_desc(action, nil, VAL_DOCKER[:ls].keys, after: 'a/ll?,s/tandard?,range*', arg: nil)
+                  format_desc(action, nil, 'a/ll?,s/tandard?,range*', before: VAL_DOCKER[:ls])
                   task action, [:command] do |_, args|
                     command = param_guard(action, 'command', args: args, key: :command)
                     args = args.extras

data/lib/squared/workspace/project/git.rb

@@ -481,8 +481,7 @@ module Squared
                     when :url
                       format_desc action, flag, 'path,url,opts*'
                       task flag, [:path, :url] do |_, args|
-                        path = param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: :path)
-                        url = param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: :url)
+                        path, url = param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: %i[path url])
                         submodule(flag, args.extras, path: path, url: url)
                       end
                     else
@@ -663,9 +662,9 @@ module Squared
                     when :files
                       format_desc action, flag, 'path1,path2,patch?'
                       task flag, [:path1, :path2, :patch] do |_, args|
-                        path1 = param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: :path1)
-                        path2 = param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: :path2)
-                        diff(flag, refs: [path1, path2, args.patch])
+                        refs = param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: %i[path1 path2])
+                        refs << args.patch if args.patch
+                        diff(flag, refs: refs)
                       end
                     when :grep
                       format_desc action, flag, 'pattern+,a/ll-match?,in/vert-grep?,i/E/F/P?,max-count?=i,f/ormat?=s'
@@ -860,8 +859,7 @@ module Squared
                     when :branch
                       format_desc action, flag, 'branch/:,opts*'
                       task flag, [:branch] do |_, args|
-                        branch = args.branch
-                        branch = nil if branch == ':'
+                        branch = args.branch unless args.branch == ':'
                         switch(flag, args.extras, branch: branch || choice_refs('Choose a branch'))
                       end
                     end
@@ -889,7 +887,7 @@ module Squared
                         reset(flag, args.to_a, refs: [])
                       end
                     when :mode
-                      format_desc action, flag, 'mode,ref/:'
+                      format_desc action, flag, 'mode,ref?|:'
                       task flag, [:mode, :ref] do |_, args|
                         mode = param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: :mode)
                         ref = commithead args.ref
@@ -942,10 +940,13 @@ module Squared
                     when :commit, :'no-commit'
                       format_desc action, flag, 'branch|:,ours|theirs?,opts*'
                       task flag, [:branch] do |_, args|
-                        branch = args.branch
-                        current = git_spawn('branch --show-current').chomp
+                        branch = if args.branch == ':'
+                                   choice_refs('Choose a branch', accept: "#{action.capitalize}?")
+                                 else
+                                   args.branch
+                                 end
+                        current = git_value 'branch --show-current'
                         if branch
-                          branch = choice_refs('Choose a branch', accept: "#{action.capitalize}?") if branch == ':'
                           opts = args.extras
                           if has_value!(opts, 'ours')
                             opts << 's=ort' << 'X=ours'
@@ -1070,14 +1071,13 @@ module Squared
                     if flag == :add
                       format_desc action, flag, 'name,url,opts*'
                       task flag, [:name, :url] do |_, args|
-                        name = param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: :name)
-                        url = param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: :url)
+                        name, url = param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: %i[name url])
                         raise ArgumentError, message('invalid url', hint: url) unless url.match?(GIT_PROTO)
 
                         git(:remote, args.extras, extras: [name, url])
                       end
                     else
-                      format_desc action, flag, "#{OPT_GIT[:remote].keys.join('|')},opts*" if TASK_METADATA
+                      format_desc(action, flag, 'opts*', before: OPT_GIT[:remote])
                       task flag, [:command] do |_, args|
                         command = param_guard(action, flag, args: args, key: :command)
                         cmd, opts = git_session('remote', opts: args.extras)
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ module Squared
               (heads.dup << cur).each_with_index do |branch, i|
                 next unless (i < heads.size && cur != branch) || i == heads.size
 
-                git_spawn 'switch --quiet', force && '--force', shell_quote(branch)
+                git_spawn('switch --quiet', force && '--force', shell_quote(branch))
                 pull(nil, opts, sync: false, hint: branch) if heads.include?(branch)
               end
               return
@@ -1277,13 +1277,13 @@ module Squared
           if flag
             return unless dir && ref
 
-            url = git_spawn("config --get remote.#{remotetrack}.url")
+            url = git_value "config --get remote.#{remotetrack}.url"
             cmd, opts = git_session('clone', worktree: false, opts: opts)
             op = OptionPartition.new(opts, OPT_GIT[:clone], cmd, project: self, strict: strict?,
                                                                  no: OPT_GIT[:no][:clone])
             op.add_option('b', ref)
               .delim
-              .add_quote(url.chomp)
+              .add_quote(url)
               .add_path(dir)
               .clear
             source
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ module Squared
             end
             return
           end
-          sha = git_spawn('rev-parse --verify HEAD').chomp
+          sha = git_value 'rev-parse --verify HEAD'
           return if sha.empty?
 
           sync = kwargs.fetch(:sync) { invoked_sync?('revbuild', flag) }
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ module Squared
               .clear(pass: false)
           when :commit
             exit 1 unless ref
-            branch ||= git_spawn('name-rev --name-only', ref).chomp
+            branch ||= git_value('name-rev --name-only', ref)
             raise ArgumentError, message('could not resolve upstream branch', hint: ref) if branch.empty?
 
             op.append(remotetrack, "#{ref}:#{branch}")
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ module Squared
             end
             if (n = op.index('>'))
               patch = op.slice!(n, 2)[1]
-            elsif !op.exist?(op.last)
+            elsif !op.last.include?('*') && !op.exist?(op.last)
               patch ||= op.pop
             end
             append_pathspec op.extras
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ module Squared
             if adding.empty? && !cached.empty? && banner?
               puts(cached.lines(chomp: true).map { |val| "cached #{shell_quote(val)}" })
             end
-            ENV['COMMIT_PUSH'] = git_spawn 'rev-parse --verify HEAD' if source(co) && source(pu) && !dryrun?
+            ENV['COMMIT_PUSH'] = git_value 'rev-parse --verify HEAD' if source(co) && source(pu) && !dryrun?
           else
             if banner?
               puts 'Nothing to commit'
@@ -1946,7 +1946,8 @@ module Squared
             list_result(ret, 'branches', banner: banner, from: from)
             return
           else
-            if (head = git_spawn('rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD').chomp).empty?
+            head = git_value 'rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD'
+            if head.empty?
               ret = 0
             else
               git_spawn 'fetch --all --prune --quiet' if option('sync')
@@ -2044,7 +2045,7 @@ module Squared
                                                                            else
                                                                              ref
                                                                            end)
-            return git_spawn(cmd, exception: false).chomp
+            return git_value(cmd, exception: false)
           when :output
             if opts.delete('sq-quote')
               cmd << '--sq-quote'
@@ -2326,7 +2327,7 @@ module Squared
           ret = choice_index(msg, git_spawn(cmd, stdout: false), column: /^(\S+)/, force: force, **kwargs)
           case ret
           when Array
-            ret.map { |val| val&.stripstyle }
+            ret.map { |val| val.is_a?(Array) ? val.map { |s| s&.stripstyle } : val&.stripstyle }
           when String
             ret.stripstyle
           else
@@ -2504,6 +2505,10 @@ module Squared
                                                                       stdout: stdout, banner: banner, **kwargs)
         end
 
+        def git_value(*cmd, exception: true)
+          git_spawn(*cmd, exception: exception).chomp
+        end
+
         def git_grep(cmd, *grep, equals: true, **kwargs)
           ret = []
           git_spawn(cmd, **kwargs).lines(chomp: true).each do |line|