fix(verify): require a baseline that pins the commit it names - #647
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The deferred-work leg (bmad-code-org#161) took `baseline_revision` unvalidated, so a claim that is resolved afresh when the gate runs — rather than fixed when the session stamped it — was accepted. `HEAD` reads as an ancestor of the recorded baseline whenever the unit has not advanced, so the relaxation applied to a claim that pins nothing and the stale-premise refusal this gate exists for stopped firing. `names_its_own_commit` asks git two questions and infers neither from the string: is the claim a REF (`rev-parse --symbolic-full-name` answers empty for an object id and names one for `HEAD` or a branch), and does it resolve to a commit whose object id STARTS WITH it. Spelling is not the test, in either direction, and each single test is defeated on its own: - hex does not mean object id. Git accepts `refs/heads/abcdef0` and resolves a ref ahead of an abbreviated object of the same spelling; - a length floor regresses. `--short` output is legitimately shorter than git's 7-character default in a small repository, and such a claim is accepted today; - "a branch's target does not begin with the branch's name" is false: a one-character ref pointing at a commit of that initial begins with its own name, and four-character prefix collisions are common. Screening refs first settles all three. One false refusal is accepted in the safe direction and documented: a ref created later whose name is exactly an abbreviation already stamped makes that claim read as a ref. Four tests. The three defects fail on unmodified `main`; the short-abbreviation case passes there and still passes here, which is the point of it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
WalkthroughBundle verification now validates whether a baseline names its own commit. Ancestor-based relaxation applies only to pinned commit identifiers. Valid abbreviated commit IDs remain supported, while symbolic, movable, unresolved, and misleading ref names are rejected. ChangesBundle baseline validation
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change strengthens baseline verification, but the negative-path tests still lack the required recorded evidence that they fail when the pinning guard is removed; merge should wait for that evidence or explicit owner acceptance. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant BundleVerifier
participant GitRepository
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BundleVerifier->>BaselineValidator: Validate claimed baseline
BaselineValidator->>GitRepository: Resolve revision and inspect ref status
GitRepository-->>BaselineValidator: Commit resolution result
BaselineValidator-->>BundleVerifier: Pinned commit or rejection
BundleVerifier->>GitRepository: Check ancestor relationship
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| # that fixes nothing (see :func:`names_its_own_commit`). | ||
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| allow_ancestor_baseline | ||
| and names_its_own_commit(paths.project, claimed_baseline) |
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When a bundle claims a hex-named ref that matches the first 7+ characters of task.baseline_commit (for example, branch abcdef0 while the recorded baseline starts with abcdef0), the outer same_commit() check returns true without resolving the claim, so this new validation is never called; the ref can point to an older or unrelated commit and the post-session baseline gate still passes. Run names_its_own_commit() before accepting either the equality or ancestor path so the advertised hex-ref refusal applies regardless of spelling.
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In `@tests/test_verify.py`:
- Around line 1233-1284: Add a durable ablation record alongside the three
verify_dev_bundle refusal tests stating that removing names_its_own_commit from
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| def test_verify_dev_bundle_hex_named_ref_is_refused(project): | ||
| """Hex is not a synonym for object id: git resolves `refs/heads/abcdef0` | ||
| before an abbreviated object of the same spelling, so a hex-LOOKING branch | ||
| name would reintroduce the very drift being screened out.""" | ||
| ancestor = verify.rev_parse_head(project.project) | ||
| git(project.project, "branch", "abcdef0", ancestor) | ||
| (project.project / "story-work.txt").write_text("stories 1.1-1.3\n") | ||
| git(project.project, "add", "-A") | ||
| git(project.project, "commit", "-q", "-m", "story work") | ||
| task = make_bundle_task(project, dw_ids=("DW-1",)) | ||
| sp = project.implementation_artifacts / "spec-1-1-a.md" | ||
| write_spec(sp, "in-review", "abcdef0") | ||
| (project.project / "src.txt").write_text("review fixes\n") | ||
| rj = {"workflow": "auto-dev", "spec_file": str(sp), "dw_ids": ["DW-1"]} | ||
| out = verify.verify_dev_bundle(task, project, rj) | ||
| assert not out.ok and "baseline" in out.reason | ||
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| def test_verify_dev_bundle_single_char_ref_is_refused(project): | ||
| """A ref short enough to be a prefix of its own target defeats any | ||
| spelling-based test: a branch named for its target's first character DOES | ||
| begin with its own name. It is refused because it is a ref, not because of | ||
| how it is spelled.""" | ||
| ancestor = verify.rev_parse_head(project.project) | ||
| git(project.project, "branch", ancestor[0], ancestor) | ||
| (project.project / "story-work.txt").write_text("stories 1.1-1.3\n") | ||
| git(project.project, "add", "-A") | ||
| git(project.project, "commit", "-q", "-m", "story work") | ||
| task = make_bundle_task(project, dw_ids=("DW-1",)) | ||
| sp = project.implementation_artifacts / "spec-1-1-a.md" | ||
| write_spec(sp, "in-review", ancestor[0]) | ||
| (project.project / "src.txt").write_text("review fixes\n") | ||
| rj = {"workflow": "auto-dev", "spec_file": str(sp), "dw_ids": ["DW-1"]} | ||
| out = verify.verify_dev_bundle(task, project, rj) | ||
| assert not out.ok and "baseline" in out.reason | ||
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| def test_verify_dev_bundle_symbolic_baseline_is_refused(project): | ||
| """A bundle spec naming a Git revision EXPRESSION rather than an object id is | ||
| resolved at verification time, not when the session stamped it, so the | ||
| ancestor relaxation applies to a claim that pins nothing.""" | ||
| ancestor = verify.rev_parse_head(project.project) | ||
| (project.project / "story-work.txt").write_text("stories 1.1-1.3\n") | ||
| git(project.project, "add", "-A") | ||
| git(project.project, "commit", "-q", "-m", "story work") | ||
| task = make_bundle_task(project, dw_ids=("DW-1",)) | ||
| sp = project.implementation_artifacts / "spec-1-1-a.md" | ||
| write_spec(sp, "in-review", "HEAD") | ||
| (project.project / "src.txt").write_text("review fixes\n") | ||
| rj = {"workflow": "auto-dev", "spec_file": str(sp), "dw_ids": ["DW-1"]} | ||
| out = verify.verify_dev_bundle(task, project, rj) | ||
| assert not out.ok and "baseline" in out.reason |
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rg -n -C 8 'names_its_own_commit|verify_dev_bundle|baseline_revision|abcdef0|single_char_ref|symbolic_baseline|ablation' tests/test_verify.py . --glob '!tests/test_verify.py' --glob '!*.pyc' | head -320Repository: bmad-code-org/bmad-loop
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# Standalone model of the baseline branch in _verify_shared_gates.
# It does not import or execute repository code and does not modify files.
ancestor = "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678"
unit_baseline = "abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01"
cases = {
"hex_named_ref": ("abcdef0", ancestor),
"single_char_ref": (ancestor[0], ancestor),
"symbolic_HEAD": ("HEAD", unit_baseline),
}
def same_commit(claimed, recorded):
return claimed == recorded if len(claimed) < 7 or len(recorded) < 7 else (
claimed.startswith(recorded) or recorded.startswith(claimed)
)
def mutated_baseline_gate(claimed, resolved_target):
# The requested mutation removes names_its_own_commit(...)
return same_commit(claimed, unit_baseline) or (
resolved_target == ancestor and unit_baseline != ancestor
)
for name, (claimed, resolved_target) in cases.items():
rejected_before_mutation = not (
same_commit(claimed, unit_baseline)
or (resolved_target == ancestor and claimed not in {"HEAD", "abcdef0", ancestor[0]})
)
accepted_after_mutation = mutated_baseline_gate(claimed, resolved_target)
print(f"{name}: mutated_gate_accepts={accepted_after_mutation}")
assert accepted_after_mutation, name
print("all three refusal cases become baseline-accepted under the mutation")
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ancestor = "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678"
unit_baseline = "abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01"
cases = {
"hex_named_ref": ("abcdef0", ancestor),
"single_char_ref": (ancestor[0], ancestor),
"symbolic_HEAD": ("HEAD", unit_baseline),
}
def same_commit(claimed, recorded):
return claimed == recorded if len(claimed) < 7 or len(recorded) < 7 else (
claimed.startswith(recorded) or recorded.startswith(claimed)
)
def is_ancestor(resolved_target, descendant):
# The test histories are linear: the original ancestor precedes the unit
# baseline, and HEAD resolves to the unit baseline.
return resolved_target in {ancestor, unit_baseline} and descendant == unit_baseline
for name, (claimed, resolved_target) in cases.items():
mutated_gate_accepts = same_commit(claimed, unit_baseline) or is_ancestor(
resolved_target, unit_baseline
)
print(f"{name}: mutated_gate_accepts={mutated_gate_accepts}")
assert mutated_gate_accepts, name
print("all three refusal cases become baseline-accepted under the mutation")
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Document the names_its_own_commit ablation.
Add a durable record stating that removing names_its_own_commit from _verify_shared_gates must make all three refusal tests fail.
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In `@tests/test_verify.py` around lines 1233 - 1284, Add a durable ablation record
alongside the three verify_dev_bundle refusal tests stating that removing
names_its_own_commit from _verify_shared_gates must cause
test_verify_dev_bundle_dev_bundle_hex_named_ref_is_refused,
test_verify_dev_bundle_single_char_ref_is_refused, and
test_verify_dev_bundle_symbolic_baseline_is_refused to fail.
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82-105: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winRecord the negative-path ablation.
This test asserts that missing paths and tree paths return
None. Remove either condition from theentry is None or entry[1] != "blob"guard in each tested oracle, then confirm that this test fails. Add an undated docstring record that states this mutation and expected failure.Proposed documentation
def test_file_bytes_at_revision_distinguishes_blob_absence_tree_and_git_failure(project): """The baseline oracle returns only proven blob bytes, never tree listings. + + Ablation: remove either branch of the absent-or-non-blob guard in either + baseline oracle. This test must fail because a missing path or tree no + longer returns ``None``. + """As per coding guidelines, “for any test asserting ‘X is refused/absent’, delete the gating code and confirm the test FAILS before trusting it.” Based on learnings, record this as an undated prescriptive docstring sentence.
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In `@tests/test_verify.py`:
- Around line 82-105: Update
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absence/non-blob guard in each oracle causes this test to fail, covering missing
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@Polloinfilzato hrmm on review with codex it determined this PR is superseeded by the first pr 645 that i merged. but the pinning requirement and adversarial cases are useful. It wants me to close this PR but I think it missed what your trying to do and im hoping to save time working on the massive issue list by letting contributors help where they can, so im not going to go through the code myself at this point yet. go ahead and please rebase now that 645 is in and structure the pr for what changes you intended that way i can have it take another look at it or myself if it still wants to drop it once I have some free time. |
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What
The deferred-work ancestor relaxation (#161) now requires
baseline_revisionto pin the commit it names, instead of taking any value git happens to resolve at verification time.Why
The leg took the claim unvalidated. A revision expression —
HEAD, a branch or tag name,main~2— is resolved when the gate runs rather than when the session stamped it, so it fixes nothing:HEADreads as an ancestor of the recorded baseline whenever the unit has not advanced, and the stale-premise refusal this gate exists for silently stops firing.Found while working on #645; unrelated to it in mechanism, so it is filed separately. Note both branches touch
_verify_shared_gates, so whichever lands second will need a trivial rebase — happy to do it.How
names_its_own_commitasks git two questions and infers neither from the string:rev-parse --symbolic-full-nameanswers empty for an object id (whole or abbreviated) and names one forHEADor a branch. A ref is refused whatever it looks like.Spelling is deliberately not the test, because each spelling-based test is defeated on its own:
refs/heads/abcdef0and resolves a ref ahead of an abbreviated object of the same spelling--shortabbreviation below git's default is legitimate and is accepted today — refusing it discards finished bundle work over a spellingTwo limits, both deliberate and documented in the docstring rather than left for a reader to discover:
Testing
Four tests in
tests/test_verify.py. The three defects fail on unmodifiedmain; the fourth is the regression guard and passes both before and after, which is the point of it:..._symbolic_baseline_is_refused—HEAD(fails on main)..._hex_named_ref_is_refused— branchabcdef0at an ancestor (fails on main)..._single_char_ref_is_refused— branch named for its target's first character (fails on main)..._short_abbreviation_still_passes— a 6-character abbreviation, belowsame_commit's floor (passes on main, still passes)uv run pytest -q: 5762 passed.trunk check: clean.pyright: no new findings. The same three pre-existing macOS-only failures as in #645 (Errno 92on an undecodable filename,os.setxattrabsent) reproduce on cleanmainhere and should not appear on the Linux CI legs.The change was also put through three adversarial review passes before opening; two of them found real defects in earlier versions of it — the hex approach and the prefix-only test above — which is why neither is what you are reading.
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