@openparachute/vault 0.5.0-rc.1 → 0.5.0-rc.3

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package/package.json CHANGED
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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  {
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  "name": "@openparachute/vault",
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- "version": "0.5.0-rc.1",
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+ "version": "0.5.0-rc.3",
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  "description": "Agent-native knowledge graph. Notes, tags, links over MCP.",
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  "module": "src/cli.ts",
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  "type": "module",
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
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  runGitCommitCycle,
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  shouldCommit,
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  } from "./export-watch.ts";
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+ import { GitNotInstalledError } from "./git-preflight.ts";
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  const CLI = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, "cli.ts");
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@@ -504,6 +505,28 @@ describe("runGitCommitCycle", () => {
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  });
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  expect(result.message).toBe("note: Inbox/DonorMeeting");
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  });
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+
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+ test("git missing → throws GitNotInstalledError (sync surfaces friendly error, not raw spawn crash)", async () => {
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+ // vault#415 — the sync/commit path must surface the actionable
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+ // git-not-installed message (which the manager threads into
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+ // status.last_error) instead of crashing with a raw "Executable not
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+ // found in $PATH". Force the preflight to see no git via the `which`
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+ // seam; no real spawn should be reached.
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+ fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, "Note.md"), "# n\n");
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+ await expect(
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+ runGitCommitCycle({
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+ repoDir: dir,
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+ template: DEFAULT_COMMIT_TEMPLATE,
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+ notesChanged: 1,
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+ vaultName: "default",
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+ firstNoteTitle: "Note",
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+ push: false,
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+ which: () => null,
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+ }),
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+ ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(GitNotInstalledError);
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+ // The commit cycle bailed at the preflight — no commit landed.
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+ expect(gitLogOneline(dir)).toHaveLength(1); // only the seed
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+ });
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  });
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  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
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  * detection. See `parachute-patterns/cookbook/vault-portable-export.md`.
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  */
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+ import { ensureGitAvailable } from "./git-preflight.ts";
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+
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  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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  // Commit message templating
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  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -269,11 +271,23 @@ export async function runGitCommitCycle(opts: {
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  push: boolean;
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  /** Override for tests — defaults to `new Date().toISOString()`. */
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  now?: () => string;
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+ /**
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+ * Override the git-presence probe (test seam — defaults to `Bun.which`).
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+ * Inject a fn returning `null` to exercise the git-not-installed path.
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+ */
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+ which?: (cmd: string) => string | null;
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  }): Promise<{
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  committed: boolean;
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  message?: string;
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  push?: { attempted: true; ok: boolean; error?: string };
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  }> {
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+ // Preflight: every step below shells `git`. On a git-less server the first
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+ // `Bun.spawn(["git", ...])` would throw a raw "Executable not found" error;
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+ // surface the friendly, actionable GitNotInstalledError so callers can
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+ // thread it into mirror status (`last_error`) instead of crashing the
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+ // watch loop with an opaque message.
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+ ensureGitAvailable(opts.which);
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+
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  const now = opts.now ?? (() => new Date().toISOString());
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  const add = await gitAddAll(opts.repoDir);
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
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+ /**
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+ * Tests for the shared git-availability preflight (vault#415).
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+ *
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+ * Found live: importing a repo on a git-less Amazon Linux EC2 box failed
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+ * with a raw `Executable not found in $PATH: "git"` 500. The preflight gives
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+ * every git entry point a fast, friendly, actionable failure instead.
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+ */
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+
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+ import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
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+ import {
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+ GitNotInstalledError,
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+ ensureGitAvailable,
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+ isGitNotFoundSpawnError,
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+ } from "./git-preflight.ts";
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+
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+ describe("ensureGitAvailable", () => {
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+ test("throws GitNotInstalledError when which returns null", () => {
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+ expect(() => ensureGitAvailable(() => null)).toThrow(GitNotInstalledError);
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+ });
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+
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+ test("does not throw when which resolves git", () => {
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+ expect(() => ensureGitAvailable(() => "/usr/bin/git")).not.toThrow();
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+ });
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+
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+ test("defaults to Bun.which (git is present in this test env)", () => {
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+ // The test host has git; the default-arg path resolves it cleanly.
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+ expect(() => ensureGitAvailable()).not.toThrow();
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+ });
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+ });
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+
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+ describe("GitNotInstalledError message", () => {
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+ test("is OS-agnostic-but-helpful — names dnf, apt-get, and brew", () => {
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+ const msg = new GitNotInstalledError().message;
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+ expect(msg).toContain("git is required for this operation");
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+ expect(msg).toContain("sudo dnf install git");
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+ expect(msg).toContain("sudo apt-get install -y git");
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+ expect(msg).toContain("brew install git");
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+ });
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+
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+ test("carries the GitNotInstalledError name (instanceof + name both work)", () => {
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+ const err = new GitNotInstalledError();
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+ expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(GitNotInstalledError);
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+ expect(err.name).toBe("GitNotInstalledError");
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+ });
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+ });
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+
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+ describe("isGitNotFoundSpawnError", () => {
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+ test("matches Bun's executable-not-found message for git", () => {
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+ expect(
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+ isGitNotFoundSpawnError(
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+ new Error('Executable not found in $PATH: "git"'),
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+ ),
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+ ).toBe(true);
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+ });
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+
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+ test("matches an ENOENT spawn error mentioning git", () => {
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+ const err = new Error("spawn git ENOENT") as Error & { code?: string };
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+ err.code = "ENOENT";
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+ expect(isGitNotFoundSpawnError(err)).toBe(true);
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+ });
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+
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+ test("does not match an unrelated error", () => {
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+ expect(isGitNotFoundSpawnError(new Error("network unreachable"))).toBe(false);
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+ });
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+
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+ test("does not match a non-Error value", () => {
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+ expect(isGitNotFoundSpawnError("git missing")).toBe(false);
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+ expect(isGitNotFoundSpawnError(null)).toBe(false);
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+ });
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+ });
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
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+ /**
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+ * Shared git-availability preflight.
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+ *
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+ * Every git-using entry point in vault (mirror import, mirror sync/commit/
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+ * push, internal-mirror bootstrap) shells out to the `git` binary via
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+ * `Bun.spawn(["git", ...])`. On a server where `git` isn't installed (a
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+ * fresh Amazon Linux / minimal Docker image, etc.) Bun throws a raw
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+ * `Executable not found in $PATH: "git"` error, which the import route only
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+ * caught in its generic `internal` 500 branch — surfacing an unhelpful,
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+ * un-actionable error to the operator.
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+ *
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+ * This module centralizes the preflight so every git entry point fails
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+ * fast with a clear, actionable message that tells the operator HOW to
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+ * fix it (install git via their distro's package manager).
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+ *
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+ * Found live on the gitcoin-parachute EC2 deploy (Amazon Linux, no git).
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+ * See vault#415-era fix.
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+ */
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+
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+ /**
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+ * Thrown when `git` is required for an operation but isn't on PATH. Carries
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+ * an OS-agnostic-but-helpful message with the common install commands so the
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+ * operator can act without leaving the error surface.
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+ */
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+ export class GitNotInstalledError extends Error {
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+ constructor() {
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+ super(
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+ "git is required for this operation but was not found on the server. " +
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+ "Install git and retry — e.g. `sudo dnf install git` (Amazon Linux / Fedora), " +
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+ "`sudo apt-get install -y git` (Debian / Ubuntu), or `brew install git` (macOS).",
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+ );
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+ this.name = "GitNotInstalledError";
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+ }
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+ }
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+
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+ /**
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+ * Throw `GitNotInstalledError` if `git` isn't resolvable on PATH.
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+ *
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+ * `which` is a TEST SEAM (default `Bun.which`) so tests can force the
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+ * git-missing branch without uninstalling git from the test host. Production
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+ * callers pass nothing and get the real `Bun.which`.
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+ */
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+ export function ensureGitAvailable(
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+ which: (cmd: string) => string | null = Bun.which,
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+ ): void {
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+ if (which("git") === null) {
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+ throw new GitNotInstalledError();
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+ }
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+ }
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+
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+ /**
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+ * Heuristic: does this error look like the "git executable not found" failure
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+ * Bun throws when it can't resolve the binary? Used as a belt-and-suspenders
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+ * catch around `Bun.spawn(["git", ...])` so a spawn that slips past the
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+ * preflight (race where git is removed between check and spawn, or a code path
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+ * that didn't preflight) still surfaces the friendly error instead of the raw
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+ * `Executable not found in $PATH: "git"` string.
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+ */
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+ export function isGitNotFoundSpawnError(err: unknown): boolean {
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+ if (!(err instanceof Error)) return false;
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+ const msg = err.message ?? "";
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+ // Bun: `Executable not found in $PATH: "git"`.
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+ // Node/posix: ENOENT spawn errors mention the missing file.
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+ return (
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+ (msg.includes("Executable not found") && msg.includes("git")) ||
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+ ((err as { code?: string }).code === "ENOENT" && msg.includes("git"))
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+ );
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+ }
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
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  validateExternalPath,
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  validateMirrorConfigShape,
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  } from "./mirror-config.ts";
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+ import { GitNotInstalledError } from "./git-preflight.ts";
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  function tmp(prefix: string): string {
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  return fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), prefix));
@@ -496,6 +497,19 @@ describe("validateExternalPath", () => {
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  expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
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  if (r.ok) expect(r.resolved_path).toBe(dir);
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  });
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+
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+ test("git not installed → throws GitNotInstalledError (route maps to 503)", async () => {
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+ // vault#415 nit — the isGitRepo() check shells `git`. On a git-less
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+ // server, throw the friendly error (handleMirrorPut maps it to 503
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+ // git_not_installed) instead of a raw "Executable not found" crash.
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+ // Force the preflight via the `which` seam; a real, valid git repo is
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+ // used so the ONLY failure source is the preflight.
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+ dir = tmp("mirror-validate-nogit-installed-");
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+ initRepo(dir);
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+ await expect(validateExternalPath(dir, () => null)).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
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+ GitNotInstalledError,
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+ );
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+ });
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  });
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  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import { homedir } from "os";
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  import { DEFAULT_COMMIT_TEMPLATE, isGitRepo } from "./export-watch.ts";
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  import { readCredentials, type MirrorCredentials } from "./mirror-credentials.ts";
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+ import { ensureGitAvailable } from "./git-preflight.ts";
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  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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  // Types
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  */
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  export async function validateExternalPath(
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  externalPath: string,
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+ // Test seam for the git-presence preflight (default `Bun.which`). Inject a
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+ // fn returning `null` to exercise the git-not-installed path.
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+ which?: (cmd: string) => string | null,
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  ): Promise<PathValidation> {
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+ // Preflight: the git-repo check below shells `git`. On a git-less server,
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+ // throw the friendly, actionable GitNotInstalledError (which handleMirrorPut
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+ // maps to a 503 `git_not_installed`, consistent with the import route)
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+ // instead of letting `isGitRepo`'s `Bun.spawn` throw a raw
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+ // "Executable not found in $PATH: \"git\"".
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+ ensureGitAvailable(which);
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  if (!existsSync(externalPath)) {
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  return {
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  _resetImportInFlightForTest,
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  cloneAndImport,
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+ defaultGitSpawn,
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  type GitSpawn,
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  } from "./mirror-import.ts";
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+ import { GitNotInstalledError } from "./git-preflight.ts";
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  import {
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  emptyCredentials,
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@@ -295,6 +297,10 @@ describe("cloneAndImport — success", () => {
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  expect(result.notes_imported).toBe(2); // alpha + beta
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  expect(result.notes_deleted).toBeUndefined();
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  expect(result.warnings).toEqual([]);
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+ // vault#416: cloneAndImport stays focused on content — sync-enabling is
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+ // the route's job. The worker always returns sync_enabled: false.
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+ expect(result.sync_enabled).toBe(false);
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+ expect(result.sync_warning).toBeUndefined();
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  expect(restored).toBeTruthy();
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  rmSync(notAnExport, { recursive: true, force: true });
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  });
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  });
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+ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ // cloneAndImport — git not installed (vault#415 — live bug on a git-less EC2)
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+ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+
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+ describe("cloneAndImport — git not installed", () => {
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+ let assetsDir: string;
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+ let store: SqliteStore;
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+
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+ beforeEach(() => {
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+ assetsDir = tmp("import-assets-nogit-");
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+ store = new SqliteStore(new Database(":memory:"));
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+ });
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+
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+ afterEach(() => {
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+ if (assetsDir) rmSync(assetsDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
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+ });
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+ test("git missing → GitNotInstalledError, fails fast (no spawn, no tempdir)", async () => {
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+ const workDirRoot = tmp("import-workroot-nogit-");
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+ let spawnCalled = false;
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+ const spyingSpawn: GitSpawn = async () => {
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+ spawnCalled = true;
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+ return { exitCode: 0, stderr: "", timedOut: false };
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+ };
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+ await expect(
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+ cloneAndImport({
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+ vaultName: "default",
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+ remoteUrl: "https://github.com/owner/repo.git",
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+ auth: { kind: "none" },
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+ mode: "merge",
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+ store,
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+ assetsDir,
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+ spawn: spyingSpawn,
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+ workDirRoot,
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+ // Force the preflight to see no git on PATH.
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+ which: () => null,
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+ }),
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+ ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(GitNotInstalledError);
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+
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+ // Fails fast: the spawner is never reached and no tempdir is created.
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+ expect(spawnCalled).toBe(false);
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+ const { readdirSync } = await import("node:fs");
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+ const entries = readdirSync(workDirRoot);
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+ expect(entries.filter((e) => e.startsWith("parachute-import-"))).toEqual([]);
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+ rmSync(workDirRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
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+ });
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+
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+ test("git missing → does not lay an in-flight marker (clean retry after install)", async () => {
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+ await expect(
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+ cloneAndImport({
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+ vaultName: "default",
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+ remoteUrl: "https://github.com/owner/repo.git",
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+ auth: { kind: "none" },
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+ mode: "merge",
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+ store,
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+ assetsDir,
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+ spawn: async () => ({ exitCode: 0, stderr: "", timedOut: false }),
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+ which: () => null,
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+ }),
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+ ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(GitNotInstalledError);
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+ // The preflight runs BEFORE the concurrency marker, so a failed call
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+ // leaves no stale in-flight entry blocking the post-install retry.
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+ expect(_isImportInFlight("default")).toBe(false);
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+ });
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+
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+ test("git present (injected which) → normal import path still works", async () => {
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+ const fixtureDir = await buildExportFixture();
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+ try {
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+ const result = await cloneAndImport({
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+ vaultName: "default",
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+ remoteUrl: "https://github.com/owner/repo.git",
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+ auth: { kind: "none" },
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+ mode: "merge",
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+ store,
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+ assetsDir,
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+ spawn: spawnCloneSuccess(fixtureDir),
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+ which: () => "/usr/bin/git",
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+ });
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+ expect(result.notes_imported).toBe(2);
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+ } finally {
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+ rmSync(fixtureDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
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+ }
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+ });
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+
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+ test("GitNotInstalledError message is actionable (names install commands)", () => {
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+ const msg = new GitNotInstalledError().message;
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+ expect(msg).toContain("git is required");
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+ expect(msg).toContain("dnf install git");
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+ expect(msg).toContain("apt-get install");
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+ expect(msg).toContain("brew install git");
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+ });
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+
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+ test("defaultGitSpawn rethrows a git-not-found spawn error as GitNotInstalledError", async () => {
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+ // Belt-and-suspenders: spawn a non-existent binary to trigger Bun's
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+ // "Executable not found" throw, and confirm the friendly rethrow.
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+ // (We can't uninstall git, so spawn an impossible command name.)
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+ await expect(
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+ defaultGitSpawn(["definitely-not-a-real-binary-xyzzy-git"], {
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+ timeoutMs: 5_000,
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+ }),
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+ ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(GitNotInstalledError);
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+ });
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+ });
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  } from "../core/src/portable-md.ts";
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  import type { SqliteStore } from "../core/src/store.ts";
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  import { redactRemoteUrl, readCredentials } from "./mirror-credentials.ts";
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+ import {
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+ GitNotInstalledError,
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+ ensureGitAvailable,
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+ isGitNotFoundSpawnError,
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+ } from "./git-preflight.ts";
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  // Types
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  /** Override the clone timeout (default 60s; test seam to shorten). */
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  cloneTimeoutMs?: number;
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+ /**
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+ * Override the git-presence probe (test seam — defaults to `Bun.which`).
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+ * Inject a fn returning `null` to exercise the git-not-installed path.
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+ */
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+ which?: (cmd: string) => string | null;
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  }
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  warnings: string[];
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+ /**
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+ * vault#416 — whether sync (mirror push-back to the imported repo) ended
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+ * up enabled as part of this import. Default-on UX: the import request
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+ * carries `enable_sync` (default true), and the route turns the imported
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+ * repo into a configured, credential-backed, auto-pushing mirror after a
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+ * successful import. `true` when sync is now wired (or was already wired
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+ * to this same remote); `false` when sync was opted out, couldn't be
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+ * enabled (no push-capable credentials), was skipped to avoid clobbering
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+ * a different existing mirror, or threw during setup (import already
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+ * succeeded — never lost to a sync error).
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+ *
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+ * `cloneAndImport` itself never sets these — the field is populated by the
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+ * route (`handleMirrorImport`) after a successful import. `importResultFromStats`
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+ * defaults `sync_enabled` to false; the route overwrites it.
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+ */
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+ sync_enabled: boolean;
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+ /**
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+ * Human-readable reason sync wasn't enabled (no creds / conflicting
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+ * existing mirror / setup error). Only set when `sync_enabled` is false
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+ * AND the caller asked for sync (`enable_sync !== false`). Absent when
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+ * sync succeeded or the operator opted out.
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+ */
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+ sync_warning?: string;
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  }
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  /**
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  export const defaultGitSpawn: GitSpawn = async (argv, options) => {
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- const proc = Bun.spawn(argv, {
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- cwd: options.cwd,
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- stdout: "pipe",
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- stderr: "pipe",
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- env: {
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- ...process.env,
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- GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT: "0",
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- // Kill any system credential helper from intercepting — we want
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- // the clone to use ONLY the URL-embedded credential, not whatever's
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- // in keychain. Same shape as the ls-remote probe.
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- GIT_ASKPASS: "/bin/echo",
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- },
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- });
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+ let proc;
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+ try {
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+ proc = Bun.spawn(argv, {
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+ cwd: options.cwd,
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+ stdout: "pipe",
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+ stderr: "pipe",
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+ env: {
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+ ...process.env,
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+ GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT: "0",
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+ // Kill any system credential helper from intercepting — we want
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+ // the clone to use ONLY the URL-embedded credential, not whatever's
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+ // in keychain. Same shape as the ls-remote probe.
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+ GIT_ASKPASS: "/bin/echo",
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+ },
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+ });
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+ } catch (err) {
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+ // Belt-and-suspenders: `cloneAndImport` preflights via
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+ // `ensureGitAvailable`, but if a git-missing spawn still slips through
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+ // (race, or a future caller that skipped the preflight) rethrow it as
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+ // the friendly error rather than leaking Bun's raw
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+ // `Executable not found in $PATH: "git"`.
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+ if (isGitNotFoundSpawnError(err)) {
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+ throw new GitNotInstalledError();
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+ }
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+ throw err;
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+ }
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  const timer = setTimeout(() => {
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  */
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  export async function cloneAndImport(opts: ImportOpts): Promise<ImportResult> {
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+ // Fail fast + clean when git isn't installed — BEFORE the concurrency
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+ // marker, tempdir creation, or any spawn. The route maps the resulting
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+ // GitNotInstalledError to a friendly 503 (git_not_installed). Without
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+ // this, the first `Bun.spawn(["git", ...])` threw a raw
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+ // `Executable not found in $PATH: "git"` that only the generic 500 branch
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+ // caught — the unhelpful failure mode found live on the gitcoin EC2 box.
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+ // default here means a caller that bypasses the route (CLI, tests of
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+ // cloneAndImport directly) gets a well-typed, conservative result.
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+ // channel carries the friendly message that MirrorManager.start threads
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+ // into status.last_error, instead of a raw "Executable not found" crash.
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+ dir = path.join(tmp("mirror-boot-nogit-"), "mirror");
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+ expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
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+ if (!r.ok) {
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+ expect(r.error).toContain("git is required");
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+ expect(r.error).toContain("dnf install git");
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+ }
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+ });
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+ test("external + git not installed → enabled:false with friendly error, never spawns/exports", async () => {
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+ // vault#415 nit — the external branch's isGitRepo() check shells `git`
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+ // with no preflight; on a git-less server it would throw a raw
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+ // "Executable not found in $PATH: \"git\"" and crash start(). The
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+ // top-of-start() preflight (forced via the `which` seam) lands the
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+ // friendly, actionable message in last_error for the external location.
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+ home = tmp("mgr-ext-nogit-installed-");
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+ fs.mkdirSync(path.join(home, "vault", "data", "default"), { recursive: true });
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+ // Use a real, valid external git repo so the ONLY thing that can fail is
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+ // the git-presence preflight — proving the preflight (not the path/repo
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+ // checks) produced the disabled state.
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+ const external = tmp("mgr-ext-nogit-target-");
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+ },
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+ });
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+ expect(status.last_error).toContain("git is required");
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+ expect(status.last_error).toContain("dnf install git");
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+ // Never reached export — the preflight bailed before any git work.
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+ expect(deps.exportCalls).toHaveLength(0);
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+ });
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