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ratch-0.1.0/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: ratch
+Version: 0.1.0
+Summary: The ratchet only turns one way: code is the single source of truth.
+License: Apache-2.0
+Requires-Python: >=3.11
+License-File: LICENSE
+Provides-Extra: dev
+Requires-Dist: pytest; extra == "dev"
+Dynamic: license-file

ratch-0.1.0/README.md

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+# ratch
+
+[![ci](https://github.com/wan9yu/ratch/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/wan9yu/ratch/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
+
+<!-- ratch:authored -->
+ratch is a ratchet for repository invariants: a small set of Tier A checks
+that fail a commit the moment a mechanical, provable rule is broken, and stay
+silent otherwise. Each check is configured by instantiation, proven by its own
+plants, and carries a four-heading docstring stating the rule and its evidence.
+The ratchet only turns one way: once a check ships, the repository it gates
+cannot regress on that rule without the check itself changing.
+
+Install from git, add a `ratch_checks.py` at the repository root (see
+`examples/ratch_checks.py`), then run `python -m ratch check`.
+
+ratch will never gate on judgment. It does not score, grade, or block on:
+
+- naming quality
+- abstraction quality
+- prose quality (including commit-message quality)
+- test meaningfulness
+
+Those are decisions to not write code for: a machine cannot prove taste, so
+ratch does not pretend to. Those calls belong to review by people. ratch
+gates only what a machine can prove.
+<!-- ratch:authored:end -->
+
+<!-- ratch:generated:checks -->
+catalog_n=17
+<!-- ratch:generated:checks:end -->

ratch-0.1.0/pyproject.toml

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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=68"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "ratch"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "The ratchet only turns one way: code is the single source of truth."
+license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = ["pytest"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+ratch = "ratch.cli:main"
+
+[project.entry-points.pytest11]
+ratch = "ratch.pytest_plugin"
+
+[project.entry-points."ratch.checks"]
+no-forbidden-literal = "ratch.checks.forbidden_literal:NoForbiddenLiteral"
+no-first-person = "ratch.checks.first_person:NoFirstPerson"
+no-ai-signatures = "ratch.checks.ai_signatures:NoAiSignatures"
+no-circular-import = "ratch.checks.circular_import:NoCircularImport"
+plugin-registry = "ratch.checks.plugin_registry:PluginRegistry"
+manifest-purity = "ratch.checks.manifest_purity:ManifestPurity"
+no-conflict-markers = "ratch.checks.conflict_markers:NoConflictMarkers"
+no-vacuous-assert = "ratch.checks.vacuous_assert:NoVacuousAssert"
+bdd-test-conventions = "ratch.checks.bdd_conventions:BddTestConventions"
+no-pytest-skip = "ratch.checks.pytest_skip:NoPytestSkip"
+no-hash-named-test = "ratch.checks.hash_named_test:NoHashNamedTest"
+todo-has-issue-ref = "ratch.checks.todo_issue:TodoHasIssueRef"
+no-external-font-cdn = "ratch.checks.font_cdn:NoExternalFontCdn"
+doc-counts-match-ssot = "ratch.checks.doc_counts:DocCountsMatchSSot"
+docs-equal-fresh-render = "ratch.checks.docs_render:DocsEqualFreshRender"
+catalog-size = "ratch.checks.catalog_size:CatalogSize"
+commit-heatmap = "ratch.checks.commit_heatmap:CommitHeatmap"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["ratch*"]
+
+# REQUIRED: pytest's default `python_functions` is `test*`, which does NOT collect
+# BDD-named `*_should_*` functions. Without this block every "watch it pass" step
+# silently collects nothing (exit 5, "no tests ran") — the plan cannot be executed.
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+python_functions = ["*_should_*"]
+testpaths = ["tests"]

ratch-0.1.0/ratch/__init__.py

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+"""ratch — a ratchet for repository invariants.
+
+Decision: code is the single source of truth (SSOT); docs are pointers,
+generated, or signed. Rejected: a docs/ tree. Because: a copied fact rots.
+"""
+
+from ratch.result import (
+    EXIT,
+    PRECEDENCE,
+    Finding,
+    MeasuredValue,
+    MState,
+    Result,
+    State,
+    run_exit_code,
+)
+
+__all__ = [
+    "EXIT",
+    "PRECEDENCE",
+    "Finding",
+    "MeasuredValue",
+    "MState",
+    "Result",
+    "State",
+    "run_exit_code",
+]

ratch-0.1.0/ratch/__main__.py

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+"""Enable 'python -m ratch'."""
+import sys
+
+from ratch.cli import main
+
+sys.exit(main())

ratch-0.1.0/ratch/check.py

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+"""The Check contract: the shape every rule instance must present.
+
+A check is configured by instantiation — constructor arguments on the
+instance, never a config file. The runtime-checkable Protocol lets the
+runner accept any object that exposes this shape, keeping rules and the
+engine decoupled.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Protocol, runtime_checkable
+
+from ratch.result import Result
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    # TYPE_CHECKING-only: resolves the Workspace forward reference for
+    # static type checkers; not imported at runtime (no ratch code calls
+    # get_type_hints on these annotations, and this avoids a runtime
+    # import).
+    from ratch.workspace import Workspace
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Plant:
+    label: str
+    planted_ws: object
+    expected: tuple[str, str, str]
+
+
+@runtime_checkable
+class Check(Protocol):
+    id: str
+    tier: str
+    kind: str
+    scope: str
+    proven_in: tuple[str, ...]
+    confidence: str
+    tolerates_unparseable: bool
+
+    def check(self, ws) -> Result: ...
+
+    def plants(self, ws) -> Iterable[Plant]: ...
+
+    def fixture(self, kit) -> Workspace: ...

ratch-0.1.0/ratch/checks/__init__.py

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+"""Shipped check plugins. Discovery is via entry points, not this module."""
+
+
+def is_test_py(path):
+    return path.endswith(".py") and (
+        path.startswith("tests/") or "/tests/" in path
+    )

ratch-0.1.0/ratch/checks/ai_signatures.py

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+"""No-AI-signatures check."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from subprocess import CompletedProcess
+
+from ratch.check import Plant
+from ratch.result import Finding, Result, State
+from ratch.testing import FakeWorkspace
+
+
+def _log_text(commits):
+    """Render commits exactly as ws.git_log(fmt=...) would: each commit is
+    ``sha\\0an\\0ae\\0cn\\0ce\\0body\\0`` and git joins records with ``\\n``."""
+    recs = ["\x00".join(c) + "\x00" for c in commits]
+    return "\n".join(recs) + "\n"
+
+
+class NoAiSignatures:
+    """Forbid AI-attribution shapes anywhere in the full commit history.
+
+    Rule:
+        No commit message or committer/author identity, across the entire
+        reachable history, may match any configured attribution shape.
+
+    Why:
+        An AI attribution trailer or bot identity is a provenance leak that
+        survives squash and rebase; only a scan of the whole history proves
+        its absence, and a shallow clone that hides history must not read as
+        clean.
+
+    Proven in:
+        agent-runner/tests/invariants/test_no_ai_signatures.py
+
+    Not this:
+        Not a judgment on who or what wrote the code. Only fixed attribution
+        SHAPES are rejected; authorship, naming, and content are untouched.
+    """
+
+    id = "no-ai-signatures"
+    tier = "A"
+    kind = "gate"
+    scope = "global"
+    proven_in = ("agent-runner/tests/invariants/test_no_ai_signatures.py",)
+    confidence = "breadth"
+    tolerates_unparseable = False
+
+    def __init__(self, patterns=(
+        r"Co-Authored-By:",
+        r"Generated with",
+        r"Assisted by",
+        "\N{ROBOT FACE}",
+        r"[\w.+-]+@users\.noreply\.[\w.]+",
+    ), min_surface=1):
+        if min_surface < 1:
+            raise ValueError("min_surface must be >= 1")
+        self.patterns = tuple(patterns)
+        self.min_surface = min_surface
+
+    def _state(self, findings, examined_n):
+        if findings:
+            return State.FAIL
+        if examined_n < self.min_surface:
+            return State.VACUOUS
+        return State.PASS
+
+    def _is_shallow(self, ws):
+        proc = ws.run(["git", "rev-parse", "--is-shallow-repository"])
+        return proc.stdout.strip() == "true"
+
+    def check(self, ws):
+        findings = []
+        examined_n = 0
+        if not self._is_shallow(ws):
+            raw = ws.git_log(
+                rng=None,
+                fmt="%H%x00%an%x00%ae%x00%cn%x00%ce%x00%B%x00",
+            )
+            fields = raw.split("\x00")
+            for i in range(0, len(fields) - 5, 6):
+                sha = fields[i].strip()
+                an, ae, cn, ce, body = fields[i + 1:i + 6]
+                examined_n += 1
+                haystack = "\n".join([an, ae, cn, ce, body])
+                for pattern in self.patterns:
+                    # IGNORECASE so GitHub's canonical `Co-authored-by:` casing
+                    # (and `generated with` / `assisted by`) is caught too
+                    # (resolves Fable finding: default missed lowercase trailers).
+                    if re.search(pattern, haystack, re.IGNORECASE):
+                        anchor = f"{sha[:9]}:{pattern}"
+                        findings.append(
+                            Finding(self.id, "<commit>", anchor,
+                                    message=f"provenance leak {anchor}")
+                        )
+        return Result(
+            self.id, self._state(findings, examined_n),
+            examined_n=examined_n, skipped_n=ws.skipped_n,
+            unparseable_n=0, findings=findings,
+        )
+
+    def plants(self, ws):
+        sha = "0f1e2d3c4b5a6978"
+        bot = "".join(["c", "l", "a", "u", "d", "e"])  # vendor token, never typed whole
+        body = f"feat: thing\n\nCo-Authored-By: {bot} <{bot}-bot@example.test>\n"
+        planted = FakeWorkspace(
+            files={"ok.py": "x = 1\n"},
+            run_table={("git", "rev-parse", "--is-shallow-repository"):
+                       CompletedProcess([], 0, stdout="false\n")},
+            git_log_text=_log_text([(sha, "Dev", "dev@example.test",
+                                     "Dev", "dev@example.test", body)]),
+        )
+        yield Plant(
+            label="commit:co-authored-by",
+            planted_ws=planted,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+            expected=(self.id, "<commit>", f"{sha[:9]}:Co-Authored-By:"),
+        )
+
+    def fixture(self, kit):
+        return FakeWorkspace(
+            files={"clean.py": "x = 1\n"},
+            run_table={("git", "rev-parse", "--is-shallow-repository"):
+                       CompletedProcess([], 0, stdout="false\n")},
+            git_log_text=_log_text([("feedface12345678", "Dev", "dev@example.test",
+                                     "Dev", "dev@example.test", "feat: initial\n")]),
+        )

ratch-0.1.0/ratch/checks/bdd_conventions.py

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+"""BDD test-naming check."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import ast
+
+from ratch.check import Plant
+from ratch.checks import is_test_py
+from ratch.result import Finding, Result, State
+from ratch.testing import FakeWorkspace
+
+
+def _is_bdd_name(name):
+    if name.startswith("test_"):
+        return False
+    if "_should_" not in name or "_when_" not in name:
+        return False
+    return "or" not in name.split("_")
+
+
+class BddTestConventions:
+    """Require BDD test names in tracked test modules.
+
+    Rule:
+        In tracked tests/*.py, every top-level def whose name does not
+        start with underscore must contain _should_ and _when_, must not
+        start with test_, and must not use or as a snake_case segment.
+
+    Why:
+        A test name that reads as a sentence is the readable spec; a
+        machine can prove the shape so pytest collection and review
+        share one convention.
+
+    Proven in:
+        internal/pillar-1-teeth.md
+
+    Not this:
+        Not a requirement on private helpers. Not a ban on tokens that
+        merely contain the letters o-r (error, format). Not a change to
+        pytest python_functions.
+    """
+
+    id = "bdd-test-conventions"
+    tier = "A"
+    kind = "gate"
+    scope = "global"
+    proven_in = ("internal/pillar-1-teeth.md",)
+    confidence = "inferred"
+    tolerates_unparseable = False
+
+    def __init__(self, min_surface=1):
+        if min_surface < 1:
+            raise ValueError("min_surface must be >= 1")
+        self.min_surface = min_surface
+
+    def _state(self, findings, examined_n):
+        if findings:
+            return State.FAIL
+        if examined_n < self.min_surface:
+            return State.VACUOUS
+        return State.PASS
+
+    def check(self, ws):
+        findings = []
+        examined_n = 0
+        for path in ws.tracked_files():
+            if not is_test_py(path):
+                continue
+            examined_n += 1
+            tree = ws.ast(path)
+            if tree is None:
+                continue
+            for node in tree.body:
+                if not isinstance(node, (ast.FunctionDef, ast.AsyncFunctionDef)):
+                    continue
+                name = node.name
+                if name.startswith("_"):
+                    continue
+                if not _is_bdd_name(name):
+                    findings.append(
+                        Finding(self.id, path, name,
+                                message=f"bdd name: {name}")
+                    )
+        return Result(
+            self.id, self._state(findings, examined_n),
+            examined_n=examined_n, skipped_n=ws.skipped_n,
+            unparseable_n=ws.unparseable_n, findings=findings,
+        )
+
+    def plants(self, ws):
+        yield Plant(
+            label="test-prefix",
+            planted_ws=FakeWorkspace(
+                files={"tests/t.py": "def test_foo():\n    pass\n"}
+            ),
+            expected=(self.id, "tests/t.py", "test_foo"),
+        )
+        yield Plant(
+            label="or-segment",
+            planted_ws=FakeWorkspace(
+                files={"tests/t.py": "def foo_should_pass_or_fail_when_x():\n    pass\n"}
+            ),
+            expected=(self.id, "tests/t.py", "foo_should_pass_or_fail_when_x"),
+        )
+
+    def fixture(self, kit):
+        return FakeWorkspace(
+            files={"tests/t.py": "def foo_should_bar_when_baz():\n    pass\n"}
+        )

ratch-0.1.0/ratch/checks/catalog_size.py

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+"""catalog-size eye."""
+from ratch.check import Plant
+from ratch.result import MeasuredValue, MState, Result, State
+from ratch.testing import FakeWorkspace
+
+
+class CatalogSize:
+    """Report how many checks are installed, without gating.
+
+    Rule:
+        The installed ratch.checks catalog size is reported as a
+        measured value.
+
+    Why:
+        A gate that failed the run because the catalog was empty would
+        confuse absence of plugins with a rule break; an eye only
+        measures.
+
+    Proven in:
+        internal/specs/2026-09-17-ratchet-v1-spine-design.md
+
+    Not this:
+        Not a gate. VACUOUS on an empty catalog does not fail the run.
+    """
+
+    id = "catalog-size"
+    tier = "A"
+    kind = "eye"
+    scope = "global"
+    proven_in = ("internal/specs/2026-09-17-ratchet-v1-spine-design.md",)
+    confidence = "inferred"
+    tolerates_unparseable = False
+
+    def __init__(self, min_surface=1):
+        if min_surface < 1:
+            raise ValueError("min_surface must be >= 1")
+        self.min_surface = min_surface
+
+    def check(self, ws):
+        n = len(ws.plugin_classes())
+        measured = MeasuredValue(
+            value=n, state=MState.MEASURED,
+            source="plugin_classes", measured_at=ws.now(),
+        )
+        if n < self.min_surface:
+            state = State.VACUOUS
+        else:
+            state = State.PASS
+        return Result(
+            self.id, state, examined_n=n, findings=[], measured=measured,
+        )
+
+    def plants(self, ws):
+        yield Plant(
+            label="empty-catalog",
+            planted_ws=FakeWorkspace(files={"a.py": "x = 1\n"}, plugin_classes={}),
+            expected=(self.id, "catalog", "0"),
+        )
+
+    def fixture(self, kit):
+        return FakeWorkspace(
+            files={"a.py": "x = 1\n"},
+            plugin_classes={"no-forbidden-literal": object},
+        )