@vzn/vx 0.0.464 → 0.0.466

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vzn/vx",
-  "version": "0.0.464",
+  "version": "0.0.466",
   "description": "The fastest task runner and build cache for JavaScript monorepos.",
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
     "node": ">=18"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "@vzn/vx-linux-x64": "0.0.464",
-    "@vzn/vx-linux-arm64": "0.0.464",
-    "@vzn/vx-darwin-x64": "0.0.464",
-    "@vzn/vx-darwin-arm64": "0.0.464"
+    "@vzn/vx-linux-x64": "0.0.466",
+    "@vzn/vx-linux-arm64": "0.0.466",
+    "@vzn/vx-darwin-x64": "0.0.466",
+    "@vzn/vx-darwin-arm64": "0.0.466"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@anthropic-ai/sandbox-runtime": "^0.0.76"

package/src/orchestrator/run-report.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Markdown run report (`vx run --report=markdown` / `--report-file=<path>`).
-// A moon-style table — one row per task plus a header line of totals —
+// A table — one row per task plus a header line of totals —
 // rendered after a run so CI can put it in a step summary
 // (`vx run ci --report-file="$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"`). Pure: the run's
 // finished outcomes in, a markdown string out. No ANSI, no live region —

package/src/workspace/affected.ts

@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ export async function affectedProjects(args: AffectedArgs): Promise<Set<string>>
         `("${since.slice(0, range) || 'HEAD'}"); vx diffs it against the working tree.`,
     )
   }
-  await verifyRef(args.workspaceRoot, since)
   // Diff from the MERGE BASE of `since` and HEAD, not from `since` itself:
   // on a branch whose base has moved on, `git diff <base>` reports every
   // file OTHER people changed on the base (over-selection that defeats a
@@ -160,7 +159,9 @@ export async function affectedProjects(args: AffectedArgs): Promise<Set<string>>
   // when there is none (unrelated histories, a detached probe) the ref
   // itself is the base, as before. Turbo's two-dot range `A..HEAD` is the
   // one form that diffs from A itself.
-  const base = fromMergeBase ? await mergeBase(args.workspaceRoot, since) : since
+  const base = fromMergeBase
+    ? await mergeBase(args.workspaceRoot, since)
+    : (await verifyRef(args.workspaceRoot, since), since)
 
   const [diffed, untracked] = await Promise.all([
     // `--no-renames` is crucial for project-affected detection: with
@@ -693,7 +694,13 @@ const resolvedRefs = new Map<string, string>()
 /** A ref that names an ancestor of HEAD by its own spelling (`HEAD~1`, `HEAD^`). */
 const HEAD_ANCESTOR = /^HEAD(?:~\d*|\^\d*)+$/
 
-/** `git merge-base <ref> HEAD`, or `ref` itself when the two share no ancestor. */
+/**
+ * `git merge-base <ref> HEAD`, or `ref` itself when the two share no
+ * ancestor. A merge base proves the ref resolves, so `verifyRef`'s own
+ * spawn (synchronous, ~3.5 ms) runs only when there is none: to refuse a
+ * ref that does not resolve, or to pass one that does (exit 1, unrelated
+ * histories; a tree).
+ */
 async function mergeBase(workspaceRoot: string, ref: string): Promise<string> {
   // HEAD's own ancestor is its merge base with HEAD: the commit it names,
   // which the default base's search already resolved (`HEAD~1`).
@@ -702,7 +709,9 @@ async function mergeBase(workspaceRoot: string, ref: string): Promise<string> {
   const proc = spawnGit(['merge-base', '--end-of-options', ref, 'HEAD'], workspaceRoot)
   const [out, exit] = await Promise.all([new Response(proc.stdout).text(), proc.exited])
   const sha = out.trim()
-  return exit === 0 && sha.length > 0 ? sha : ref
+  if (exit === 0 && sha.length > 0) return sha
+  await verifyRef(workspaceRoot, ref)
+  return ref
 }
 
 async function verifyRef(workspaceRoot: string, ref: string): Promise<void> {