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Two branches that both record used to conflict on .docket/ledger.jsonl on every merge. This repository's own .gitattributes made it worse: a union merge kept both tails, left two records holding one ID, and stopped every command. This branch adds a git merge driver so merges, rebases and cherry-picks produce a valid ledger with no manual step.

  • docket merge-driver BASE OURS THEIRS (hidden; git calls it) appends the other side's new records after ours under fresh IDs, with references rewritten. Existing lines are never rewritten.
  • Records are matched as whole records with their references translated, so a record already merged under a new ID is recognised and merging the same branches again in either direction adds nothing twice. docket rebase shares the same matching and no longer re-appends an absorbed tail.
  • An incoming record found in the common ancestor but no longer on our side stays out, so a cherry-pick brings only the picked commit's records. A record that cites one of those is refused rather than bound to an unrelated record.
  • On any refusal or unreadable input the driver leaves conflict markers and exits 1, writing whole-file ours/theirs markers itself when git merge-file would merge cleanly, so an unmerged file never looks clean.
  • docket init adds .docket/ledger.jsonl merge=docket to .gitattributes and registers merge.docket.driver in the clone's config, only when docket is on PATH. It writes no merge.docket.name, because a name without a command makes git abort the merge. The session briefing prints one line in a clone where the attribute is set but the driver is missing or does not resolve.
  • This repository's .gitattributes moves the ledger to the driver. features.jsonl stays on union for now; its duplicate feature IDs need a driver of their own.

Test plan

  • just lint clean
  • just test: 1015 Python tests OK (6 skipped), plus the installer and graph suites
  • Real-git tests: merge, rebase, cherry-pick of one commit out of three, repeated merges in both directions, and an unregistered clone getting an ordinary conflict
  • Whole-branch review; every finding fixed and re-reviewed

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Git can now automatically merge ledger changes from different branches, assigning fresh IDs to incoming records, updating references, and avoiding duplicate records on repeated merges.
    • docket init configures the merge driver for the current clone. If setup is missing or a merge cannot be resolved, Git reports a conflict for manual resolution.
  • Documentation
    • Updated guidance explains ledger merging and clarifies that feature-store ID conflicts may still require manual renumbering.

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…, survive a non-UTF-8 .gitattributes

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…ing OURS

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The change adds record reconciliation for divergent ledger tails and a Git merge driver for .docket/ledger.jsonl. docket init configures the driver in a clone, and the CLI, tests, and documentation cover the new merge flow and setup.

Changes

Ledger merging

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reconcile divergent ledger records
docket/rebase.py, tests/test_rebase.py, CHANGELOG.md
merge matches incoming records against the current tail, remaps references, and avoids appending records already absorbed. It drops incoming records found in the base but absent from the current side, and rejects some unresolved references.
Run and document the Git merge driver
docket/merge_driver.py, docket/cli/*, .gitattributes, tests/test_merge_driver.py, docs/ledger.md, docs/features.md, skills/docket/SKILL.md, CHANGELOG.md
The driver merges and validates ledger records, appends new records, and writes conflict markers on failure. The CLI exposes merge-driver. The ledger uses the docket merge attribute; feature files remain on union merge.
Configure and report merge-driver setup
docket/merge_setup.py, docket/cli/admin.py, docket/cli/context_cmd.py, tests/test_merge_setup.py, tests/test_docket.py, docs/commands.md
docket init adds the ledger attribute and registers the driver in local Git configuration when docket is on PATH. Context output can include a setup notice.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Git
  participant CLI as docket CLI
  participant Driver as merge_driver.run
  participant Rebase as rebase.merge
  participant Ledgers
  Git->>CLI: Invoke merge-driver with base, ours, and theirs paths
  CLI->>Driver: Pass the three ledger paths
  Driver->>Ledgers: Read base, ours, and theirs
  Driver->>Rebase: Merge the ledger records
  Rebase-->>Driver: Return merged tail and ID mapping
  Driver->>Ledgers: Append validated records to ours
  Driver-->>Git: Return success or conflict status
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Review comments at @docket/merge_driver.py:
- Around line 77-88: Move the tail serialization and append operation into the
merge-and-validation try block in the merge driver, and catch Exception for the
complete operation so write failures also invoke _conflict. Keep the existing
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  • .gitattributes
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • docket/cli/__init__.py
  • docket/cli/admin.py
  • docket/cli/context_cmd.py
  • docket/merge_driver.py
  • docket/merge_setup.py
  • docket/rebase.py
  • docs/commands.md
  • docs/features.md
  • docs/ledger.md
  • skills/docket/SKILL.md
  • tests/test_docket.py
  • tests/test_merge_driver.py
  • tests/test_merge_setup.py
  • tests/test_rebase.py

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Comment thread docket/merge_driver.py
Comment on lines +77 to +88
if tail:
lines = "".join(
json.dumps(r, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(",", ":")) + "\n" for r in tail
)
with ours.open("rb") as handle:
handle.seek(0, 2)
needs_newline = False
if handle.tell():
handle.seek(-1, 2)
needs_newline = handle.read(1) != b"\n"
with ours.open("a", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as handle:
handle.write(("\n" if needs_newline else "") + lines)

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

sed -n '1,190p' docket/merge_driver.py
sed -n '60,180p' docket/rebase.py
sed -n '490,545p' docket/ledger.py
rg -n 'def allocate_id|def validate|except .*Exception|merge-driver' docket/cli docket/ledger.py tests/test_merge_driver.py

Repository: NovusEdge/docket

Length of output: 10878


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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- merge_driver and CLI ---'
sed -n '1,150p' docket/merge_driver.py
sed -n '180,330p' docket/cli/__init__.py
printf '%s\n' '--- ledger validation and exceptions ---'
sed -n '1,120p' docket/ledger.py
sed -n '260,360p' docket/ledger.py
sed -n '450,555p' docket/ledger.py
printf '%s\n' '--- allocator definitions and exception declarations ---'
rg -n -C 5 'class .*Error|def allocate|allocate\(' docket
printf '%s\n' '--- merge-driver tests and relevant contracts ---'
sed -n '1,240p' tests/test_merge_driver.py

Repository: NovusEdge/docket

Length of output: 42070


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set -eu
sed -n '1,150p' docket/merge_driver.py
sed -n '180,330p' docket/cli/__init__.py
sed -n '260,350p' docket/ledger.py
sed -n '450,555p' docket/ledger.py
rg -n -C 8 'class .*Error|def allocate|allocate\(' docket
sed -n '1,240p' tests/test_merge_driver.py

Repository: NovusEdge/docket

Length of output: 43467


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set -eu
rg -n -C 4 '^def validate|^def parts_of|^KIND|raise ' docket/corrections.py docket/reviews.py
sed -n '1,125p' docket/corrections.py
sed -n '1,115p' docket/reviews.py

Repository: NovusEdge/docket

Length of output: 19642


Keep merge-and-write failures inside the conflict fallback.

The validators convert malformed records to LedgerError, and the allocator paths do not establish the claimed raw ValueError, KeyError, or TypeError cases. However, a schema-valid record can contain an escaped lone surrogate. json.dumps(..., ensure_ascii=False) preserves it, and the UTF-8 append can raise UnicodeEncodeError. The append is outside the try, so _conflict does not run. Git retains OURS, and staging it can drop incoming records.

Move the append block inside the try and catch Exception for the complete merge-and-write operation.

🛡️ Suggested fix
     try:
         # lock=False: the default lock creates <file>.lock next to git's temp
         # files at the repository root, where nothing ignores it.
         old, mine, incoming = (ledger.read(p, lock=False) for p in (base, ours, theirs))
         tail, moved = rebase.merge(old, mine, incoming)
         ledger.validate_entries(mine + tail)
-    except (ledger.LedgerError, rebase.RebaseError, OSError) as exc:
+        if tail:
+            lines = "".join(
+                json.dumps(r, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(",", ":")) + "\n" for r in tail
+            )
+            with ours.open("rb") as handle:
+                handle.seek(0, 2)
+                needs_newline = False
+                if handle.tell():
+                    handle.seek(-1, 2)
+                    needs_newline = handle.read(1) != b"\n"
+            with ours.open("a", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as handle:
+                handle.write(("\n" if needs_newline else "") + lines)
+    except Exception as exc:
         print(f"docket: cannot merge the ledger: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
         _conflict(base, ours, theirs)
         return 1
-    if tail:
-        lines = "".join(
-            json.dumps(r, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(",", ":")) + "\n" for r in tail
-        )
-        with ours.open("rb") as handle:
-            handle.seek(0, 2)
-            needs_newline = False
-            if handle.tell():
-                handle.seek(-1, 2)
-                needs_newline = handle.read(1) != b"\n"
-        with ours.open("a", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as handle:
-            handle.write(("\n" if needs_newline else "") + lines)
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[info] 78-78: use jsonify instead of json.dumps for JSON output
Context: json.dumps(r, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(",", ":"))
Note: [CWE-116] Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output.

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Review comment at @docket/merge_driver.py around lines 77 - 88:
Move the tail serialization and append operation into the merge-and-validation
try block in the merge driver, and catch Exception for the complete operation so
write failures also invoke _conflict. Keep the existing fallback behavior and
return value unchanged.

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NovusEdge merged commit 13df451 into main Oct 2, 2026
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