diff --git a/session-logs/2026-06/2026-06-18-mike-sync-submodule-autoheal-and-thoughts-rescue.md b/session-logs/2026-06/2026-06-18-mike-sync-submodule-autoheal-and-thoughts-rescue.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..afb36faa --- /dev/null +++ b/session-logs/2026-06/2026-06-18-mike-sync-submodule-autoheal-and-thoughts-rescue.md @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +## User +- **User:** Mike Swanson (mike) +- **Machine:** GURU-BEAST-ROG +- **Role:** admin + +## Session Summary + +Continuation of the error-logging session started 2026-06-14 (see +`session-logs/2026-06/2026-06-14-mike-errorlog-rule.md`). This span added a non-destructive +auto-heal for the recurring `sync.sh` submodule abort, then used it to rescue real +un-committed design content the abort had been masking. + +Mike asked to fix the `git submodule update` abort that `sync.sh` hit during Phase 3 +(post-rebase submodule reconcile). Root cause: when the parent's incoming gitlink points a +submodule at a commit that TRACKS a file the submodule's working tree holds as UNTRACKED, +`git submodule update` aborts ("untracked working tree files would be overwritten by +checkout"). It was non-fatal (sync still exited 0) but left the submodule pointer stale and +recurred every sync. The live case was `projects/msp-tools/guru-rmm` stuck at `ed92097` +while the parent wanted `f38da05`, blocked by an untracked `docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md`. + +Investigated before patching: confirmed the blocking file was a divergent local copy +(13091 bytes) vs the committed version `f38da05` carries (29621 bytes). A blind +`git submodule update --force` would have discarded the local file — wrong, because +RMM_THOUGHTS.md is human idea-capture. Built `resolve_submodule_collisions()` in `sync.sh`: +on the abort it enumerates each submodule, computes the intersection of (untracked files) x +(paths the target gitlink commit tracks) = exactly the files that would block checkout, and +moves ONLY those aside to `.synced-aside-` (content preserved, locale- +independent, never `--force`), then retries the update once. Wired into the Phase 3 failure +branch with a single retry; refined to capture the first attempt's output and only surface +the raw git error if the resolve+retry also fails (clean happy-path output). Dry-ran the +detection read-only first (targeted exactly guru-rmm's RMM_THOUGHTS.md, left the other two +submodules untouched), then ran the real sync: guru-rmm advanced `ed92097` -> `f38da05`, +the local copy preserved as `docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md.synced-aside-20260615T132540Z`. Pushed and +broadcast to the fleet. + +The non-destructive choice paid off immediately. Diffing the aside backup against the now- +canonical 29621-byte version showed the local copy held 94 unique non-blank lines — a +coherent "Re-grounding pass — 2026-06-08" plus 8 Raw thought sections (Users->Settings + +partner scoping, command provenance split, left-nav/IA rationalization, Settings agent- +deploy block, Watchdog Alerts redundancy, Updates->Settings, Reports hub, AgentDetail +offline-staleness DEFECT) — all ABSENT from the committed doc, i.e. genuinely orphaned, not +superseded. A `--force` would have erased them. Mike chose "merge + stage, you review", so +appended the aside's lines 11-182 (the 2026-06-08 block, skipping the duplicate header) to +the canonical `RMM_THOUGHTS.md` via shell append (preserves the canonical's exact bytes, +including a non-UTF8 char that makes git treat it as binary), then `git add`ed it in the +submodule WITHOUT committing or pushing. Left for Mike to review the staged diff (+174 +lines, 9 sections) and commit in the submodule's own flow. + +Also surfaced this span: an incoming GURU-KALI broadcast (py.sh interpreter resolver, +building directly on the `$CLAUDETOOLS_ROOT` fix from 2026-06-14), and the observation that +the errorlog matured fleet-wide — a `log-skill-error.sh` helper plus `[correction]` / +`[friction]` categories, now logging across GURU-5070, Howard-Home, and GURU-KALI. + +## Key Decisions + +- **Move-aside, never `--force`.** The blocking file is human idea-capture; discarding it to + unblock a checkout is unacceptable. Move only the precise colliding untracked files to a + timestamped backup, preserving content. Validated by the 94 rescued lines. +- **Compute collisions by tree intersection, not by parsing git's English error.** For each + submodule: untracked files INTERSECT paths tracked by the target gitlink commit. Locale- + independent and precise — only moves files that would actually block checkout. +- **Capture first-attempt output; only print raw git error if retry also fails.** Avoids the + alarming "fatal: Unable to checkout" appearing right before "SUCCESS" on the auto-healed + happy path. +- **Stage the thoughts rescue, do not commit/push.** It is Mike's idea doc in a submodule + with its own commit flow + pre-commit hooks; placement and commit are his call. +- **Append rescued block verbatim with only a `---` separator.** No editorial insertions — + keep Mike's voice; the block is self-documenting (every section dated 2026-06-08 / Raw). + +## Problems Encountered + +- **Process substitution `<(...)` as a command argument fails in this Git-bash** (`Could not + access '/proc//fd/63'`) — hit when diffing `git show` output. Worked around with temp + files. Note: input redirection `done < <(...)` DOES work in the sync.sh execution context + (already used at lines 314/361), so the resolver safely uses that form. +- **Near-miss: Write to `settings.local.json` would have clobbered an existing permissions + block** (the file existed despite an earlier grep miss). The Read-before-Write guard caught + it; switched to an Edit that preserved the block. (From the 2026-06-14 envroot work.) +- **`errorlog.md` "modified since read" on Edit** — the fleet upgraded the file (helper + + categories) and other machines appended entries between my read and edit. Re-read, then + re-applied the RESOLVED mark. + +## Configuration Changes + +- Modified: `.claude/scripts/sync.sh` — added `resolve_submodule_collisions()` helper (after + `reconcile_git_identity`); rewired the Phase 3 submodule-update failure branch to resolve + + retry once, with captured-output (raw error only on final failure). +- Modified: `errorlog.md` — marked the guru-rmm submodule-abort entry `[RESOLVED 2026-06-15]`. +- Modified (STAGED, NOT committed): `projects/msp-tools/guru-rmm/docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md` — + +174 lines (rescued 2026-06-08 re-grounding pass + 8 Raw sections). Staged in the submodule + for Mike's review. +- Untracked (preserved backup, in submodule): `docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md.synced-aside-20260615T132540Z`. + +Earlier in the same overall session (2026-06-14, logged separately): `.claude/CLAUDE.md` +error-logging rule, `errorlog.md` created, `.claude/scripts/ensure-settings-env.py`, +`.claude/settings.local.json` env, `.claude/ONBOARDING.md` env row. + +## Credentials & Secrets + +None created, discovered, or rotated this session. + +## Infrastructure & Servers + +- Coord API: `http://172.16.3.30:8001/api/coord` (broadcasts + todos). +- Submodule: `projects/msp-tools/guru-rmm` — advanced `ed92097bb61c...` -> `f38da05b3535...` + (working tree; parent gitlink intentionally lags per sync.sh design). +- guru-rmm origin: `git.azcomputerguru.com/azcomputerguru` (Gitea). + +## Commands & Outputs + +- Read-only collision dry-run (intersection of untracked x target-tree) correctly flagged only + `docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md` in guru-rmm; guru-connect and youtube-sync-docker clean. +- Live heal: `[WARNING] projects/msp-tools/guru-rmm: untracked 'docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md' collided + with incoming commit; preserved as 'docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md.synced-aside-20260615T132540Z'` -> + `[OK] Submodules reconciled (set aside colliding untracked file(s))`. Sync exit 0. +- `git diff --cached --stat` (submodule): `docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md | 174 +++..` 1 file, 174 insertions. +- Orphan-content check: all 5 distinctive 2026-06-08 topics returned ABSENT from canonical + before the merge; `grep -c "Re-grounding pass — 2026-06-08"` = 1 after. + +## Pending / Incomplete Tasks + +- **Mike to review + commit the staged RMM_THOUGHTS.md rescue** in the guru-rmm submodule: + `cd projects/msp-tools/guru-rmm && git diff --cached docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md` then + `git commit` + `git push` (runs submodule pre-commit hooks; advances guru-rmm main). Delete + `docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md.synced-aside-20260615T132540Z` once satisfied. +- Fleet machines pick up the sync.sh auto-heal on next `pull + /sync` (broadcast sent; no + per-machine action). + +## Reference Information + +- Coord broadcasts this session: errorlog rule `5514a2d3`, envroot fix `8e1dec6a` + (todo `5c51cad2`), submodule auto-heal `091025d7`. (All 2026-06-14/15.) +- Incoming broadcasts addressed: GURU-KALI tmp/ gitignore (`f495b08f`), GURU-KALI py.sh + resolver (`9b1c5c39`). +- Key files: `.claude/scripts/sync.sh` (`resolve_submodule_collisions`), + `projects/msp-tools/guru-rmm/docs/RMM_THOUGHTS.md`, `errorlog.md`, + `.claude/scripts/ensure-settings-env.py`. +- Prior log this session: `session-logs/2026-06/2026-06-14-mike-errorlog-rule.md`.