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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
//! `dispatch_config` — the `[dispatch]` section of `doctrine.toml` (IMP-101,
//! SL-108 design D3, SL-117).
//!
//! Declares the project's preferred subprocess harness for dispatch workers
//! and whether to force subprocess dispatch even when native subagents are
//! available. Purely advisory — the dispatch orchestrator (LLM) reads this to
//! choose the spawn arm; the config is also available programmatically for
//! validation and display.
use ignore::gitignore::{Gitignore, GitignoreBuilder};
use serde::Deserialize;
/// The non-negotiable code floor for the worker forbidden-write belt (SL-198
/// PHASE-02, design §5.3 / PIN-2). A write under `.doctrine/` is ALWAYS a
/// forbidden zone — evaluated in code, with precedence *over* the gitignore
/// config matcher, so an absent / emptied / `!`-negated config can never
/// un-fence doctrine's own state (where the config itself lives). Fail-closed.
/// STD-001 single-source named constant (no magic strings).
const DOCTRINE_FLOOR: &str = ".doctrine/";
/// The subprocess harness for dispatch workers.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Deserialize)]
#[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
pub(crate) enum SubprocessHarness {
/// `codex exec` spawn arm (the default for backward compatibility).
#[default]
Codex,
/// pi RPC mode spawn arm (SL-108).
Pi,
}
const DEFAULT_DELIVER_TO: &str = "refs/heads/main";
fn default_deliver_to() -> String {
DEFAULT_DELIVER_TO.to_string()
}
/// The `[dispatch]` table from `doctrine.toml`.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserialize)]
#[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case", default)]
pub(crate) struct DispatchConfig {
/// Preferred subprocess harness for dispatch workers. Defaults to `codex`
/// unless explicitly set to `pi`.
#[serde(default)]
pub(crate) preferred_subprocess_harness: SubprocessHarness,
/// Force Claude orchestrators to use the subprocess dispatch arm
/// (codex/pi) even though the native `Agent` subagent tool is available.
/// Defaults to `false` (use native subagents where available).
/// Inert on non-Claude orchestrators.
#[serde(default)]
pub(crate) claude_force_subprocess_dispatch: bool,
/// The trunk delivery ref dispatch advances to / the close-integration
/// gate checks against (IMP-124). The same value becomes the PR *base*
/// under a future delivery-mode key. NOT the fork-base resolver
/// (ADR-006 D3 `DOCTRINE_TRUNK_REF` / ladder), which resolves a
/// commit-ish to fork *from*.
#[serde(default = "default_deliver_to")]
pub(crate) deliver_to: String,
/// The authoring branch — the source-of-truth ref where `.doctrine` content
/// is authored, ahead of `deliver_to`. Its presence declares the
/// buffered-trunk posture: `deliver_to` is a non-checked-out integration
/// buffer, promoted from this ref. Unset ⇒ single-branch posture; g1/g2
/// inert (INV-2). NOT the fork-base resolver (ADR-006 D3 ladder /
/// `DOCTRINE_TRUNK_REF`). SL-166 design §5.2.
///
/// Precondition (design §8 R3): the posture assumes a SINGLE, LINEAR,
/// append-mostly authoring ref promoted to the buffer. g2's freshness gate
/// is `is-ancestor(corpus_tip, base)`, correct only when the corpus advances
/// monotonically on this one branch. Rebased/divergent authoring history,
/// shallow/grafted clones, and multiple authoring branches are UNSUPPORTED
/// and hard-refuse setup; corpus authored on the buffer but not on this ref
/// is a g2 false negative (g3 still backstops the advance regardless).
#[serde(default)]
pub(crate) authoring_branch: Option<String>,
/// The HARD scope tier for `worker_commit` (SL-198 PHASE-02, design §5.3 /
/// EX-6). Gitignore-syntax lines (positive + negative globs, precedence)
/// compiled into the [`ForbiddenWrites`] matcher: a worker-committed path
/// matching a forbidden line is hard-refused (`forbidden-zone`). Defaults ship
/// pre-populated in the install template (`install/doctrine.toml.example`),
/// NOT as Rust defaults (owner steer) — absent config ⇒ empty here, and only
/// the code floor [`DOCTRINE_FLOOR`] blocks. A project negates (`!path`) or
/// extends entries as legitimate writes require.
#[serde(rename = "worker-forbidden-writes", default)]
pub(crate) worker_forbidden_writes: Vec<String>,
}
impl Default for DispatchConfig {
fn default() -> Self {
Self {
preferred_subprocess_harness: SubprocessHarness::default(),
claude_force_subprocess_dispatch: false,
deliver_to: default_deliver_to(),
authoring_branch: None,
worker_forbidden_writes: Vec::new(),
}
}
}
/// A compiled worker forbidden-write matcher (SL-198 PHASE-02, design §5.3). Built
/// once from [`DispatchConfig::worker_forbidden_writes`] via the `ignore` crate's
/// gitignore engine (PIN-1: `allowlist.rs` rejects `!`-negation + anchoring, so it
/// cannot express gitignore semantics — the `ignore` crate is forced). The
/// [`DOCTRINE_FLOOR`] code check is applied SEPARATELY, with precedence over the
/// gitignore matcher (PIN-2: gitignore is last-match-wins, so a user `!.doctrine`
/// line in a merged list would fail OPEN — the floor is never a matcher line).
pub(crate) struct ForbiddenWrites {
matcher: Gitignore,
}
impl ForbiddenWrites {
/// Whether a repo-relative `path` is a forbidden worker write. The
/// [`DOCTRINE_FLOOR`] fail-closed check runs FIRST, overriding the config
/// matcher; only then is the gitignore matcher consulted (last-match-wins over
/// the config lines).
pub(crate) fn is_forbidden(&self, path: &str) -> bool {
if path.starts_with(DOCTRINE_FLOOR) {
return true;
}
self.matcher.matched(path, false).is_ignore()
}
}
impl DispatchConfig {
/// Compile the [`worker_forbidden_writes`](Self::worker_forbidden_writes) lines
/// into a [`ForbiddenWrites`] matcher (design §5.3, EX-6). A line that fails to
/// parse is skipped (the matcher never panics); an empty / all-negated config
/// still fails closed on the [`DOCTRINE_FLOOR`] via [`ForbiddenWrites::is_forbidden`].
pub(crate) fn forbidden_writes(&self) -> ForbiddenWrites {
let mut builder = GitignoreBuilder::new("");
for line in &self.worker_forbidden_writes {
// A malformed glob is dropped rather than aborting the whole belt —
// fail-closed relies on the code floor, not on every line compiling. The
// bound `_outcome` intentionally consumes the `#[must_use]` Result.
let _outcome = builder.add_line(None, line);
}
let matcher = builder.build().unwrap_or_else(|_| Gitignore::empty());
ForbiddenWrites { matcher }
}
}
impl DispatchConfig {
/// Static posture coherence check for `doctrine config validate` (SL-166
/// design §8 R4). Refuses a buffered-trunk posture whose `authoring-branch`
/// IS the integration buffer `deliver_to` — sitting on the buffer is exactly
/// what the posture forbids (g1). Inert when the posture is off
/// (`authoring-branch` absent). Pure; the set-but-unresolvable-ref check
/// (needs git) is g2's, added in SL-166 PHASE-03.
pub(crate) fn validate_posture(&self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
anyhow::ensure!(
self.authoring_branch.as_deref() != Some(self.deliver_to.as_str()),
"config: authoring-branch must differ from deliver-to ({}) — the \
posture forbids advancing/sitting on the integration buffer",
self.deliver_to
);
Ok(())
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn empty_config_defaults_to_codex() {
// Documented invariant: an absent or empty config yields codex for
// backward compatibility. Both the Rust Default derive and the TOML
// deserialize default must agree.
assert_eq!(
DispatchConfig::default().preferred_subprocess_harness,
SubprocessHarness::Codex
);
let doc: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("").unwrap();
assert_eq!(doc.preferred_subprocess_harness, SubprocessHarness::Codex);
}
#[test]
fn parse_prefers_pi() {
let doc: DispatchConfig =
toml::from_str("preferred-subprocess-harness = \"pi\"\n").unwrap();
assert_eq!(doc.preferred_subprocess_harness, SubprocessHarness::Pi);
}
#[test]
fn unknown_harness_is_error() {
let err = toml::from_str::<DispatchConfig>("preferred-subprocess-harness = \"cursor\"\n")
.unwrap_err();
assert!(
err.to_string().contains("preferred-subprocess-harness"),
"expected error to mention the key: {err}"
);
}
// --- claude-force-subprocess-dispatch (SL-117) ---
#[test]
fn claude_force_defaults_false() {
// Both the Rust Default and the serde absent-key path must yield false.
assert!(!DispatchConfig::default().claude_force_subprocess_dispatch);
let doc: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("").unwrap();
assert!(!doc.claude_force_subprocess_dispatch);
// [dispatch] present but key absent → false
let doc: DispatchConfig =
toml::from_str("preferred-subprocess-harness = \"pi\"\n").unwrap();
assert!(!doc.claude_force_subprocess_dispatch);
}
#[test]
fn parse_claude_force_true() {
let doc: DispatchConfig =
toml::from_str("claude-force-subprocess-dispatch = true\n").unwrap();
assert!(doc.claude_force_subprocess_dispatch);
}
#[test]
fn parse_claude_force_false() {
let doc: DispatchConfig =
toml::from_str("claude-force-subprocess-dispatch = false\n").unwrap();
assert!(!doc.claude_force_subprocess_dispatch);
}
#[test]
fn parse_combined_keys() {
let doc: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str(
"preferred-subprocess-harness = \"pi\"\nclaude-force-subprocess-dispatch = true\n",
)
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(doc.preferred_subprocess_harness, SubprocessHarness::Pi);
assert!(doc.claude_force_subprocess_dispatch);
}
#[test]
fn deliver_to_defaults_to_main() {
assert_eq!(DispatchConfig::default().deliver_to, "refs/heads/main");
let doc: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("").unwrap();
assert_eq!(doc.deliver_to, "refs/heads/main");
}
#[test]
fn parse_deliver_to_override() {
let doc: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("deliver-to = \"refs/heads/release\"\n").unwrap();
assert_eq!(doc.deliver_to, "refs/heads/release");
}
#[test]
fn deliver_to_default_matches_serde_absent() {
let absent: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("").unwrap();
assert_eq!(DispatchConfig::default().deliver_to, absent.deliver_to);
}
// --- authoring-branch / posture (SL-166 PHASE-01) ---
#[test]
fn parse_authoring_branch_some() {
let doc: DispatchConfig =
toml::from_str("authoring-branch = \"refs/heads/edge\"\n").unwrap();
assert_eq!(doc.authoring_branch.as_deref(), Some("refs/heads/edge"));
}
#[test]
fn authoring_branch_defaults_none() {
// Absent table and absent key both deserialize to None; the Rust Default
// agrees (EX-1).
assert_eq!(DispatchConfig::default().authoring_branch, None);
let empty: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("").unwrap();
assert_eq!(empty.authoring_branch, None);
// [dispatch] present but key absent → None.
let other: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("deliver-to = \"refs/heads/main\"\n").unwrap();
assert_eq!(other.authoring_branch, None);
}
#[test]
fn authoring_branch_default_matches_serde_absent() {
let absent: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("").unwrap();
assert_eq!(
DispatchConfig::default().authoring_branch,
absent.authoring_branch
);
}
#[test]
fn validate_posture_rejects_authoring_equals_deliver_to() {
// R4: a posture whose authoring ref IS the integration buffer is a
// misconfiguration — `config validate` must refuse it.
let doc: DispatchConfig =
toml::from_str("authoring-branch = \"refs/heads/main\"\n").unwrap();
assert_eq!(doc.deliver_to, "refs/heads/main");
let err = doc.validate_posture().unwrap_err().to_string();
assert!(
err.contains("authoring-branch") && err.contains("deliver-to"),
"error names both refs: {err}"
);
}
#[test]
fn validate_posture_ok_when_differs() {
let doc: DispatchConfig =
toml::from_str("authoring-branch = \"refs/heads/edge\"\n").unwrap();
assert!(doc.validate_posture().is_ok());
}
#[test]
fn validate_posture_ok_when_unset() {
// Posture off (key absent) ⇒ inert, no error.
let doc: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("").unwrap();
assert!(doc.validate_posture().is_ok());
}
// --- worker-forbidden-writes (SL-198 PHASE-02, VT-6) ---
#[test]
fn worker_forbidden_writes_defaults_empty() {
// Owner steer: defaults ship in the install template, NOT as Rust defaults.
assert!(DispatchConfig::default().worker_forbidden_writes.is_empty());
let doc: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("").unwrap();
assert!(doc.worker_forbidden_writes.is_empty());
}
#[test]
fn worker_forbidden_writes_parses_the_kebab_key() {
let doc: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str(
"worker-forbidden-writes = [\"flake.nix\", \".claude/**\", \"install/agents/**\"]\n",
)
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(
doc.worker_forbidden_writes,
vec![
"flake.nix".to_string(),
".claude/**".to_string(),
"install/agents/**".to_string(),
]
);
}
#[test]
fn forbidden_writes_blocks_a_gitignore_entry_including_flake_nix() {
// A configured entry (incl. the project-specific flake.nix) blocks; a
// path matching no line is allowed.
let doc: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str(
"worker-forbidden-writes = [\"flake.nix\", \".claude/**\", \"install/agents/**\"]\n",
)
.unwrap();
let fw = doc.forbidden_writes();
assert!(fw.is_forbidden("flake.nix"), "flake.nix is hard-fenced");
assert!(fw.is_forbidden(".claude/agents/dispatch-worker.md"));
assert!(fw.is_forbidden("install/agents/claude/dispatch-worker.md"));
assert!(
!fw.is_forbidden("src/main.rs"),
"ordinary source is allowed"
);
}
#[test]
fn forbidden_writes_negation_unblocks_a_defaulted_path() {
// Gitignore precedence: a later `!path` line un-blocks an earlier block —
// a project carves a legitimate write out of a defaulted zone.
let doc: DispatchConfig =
toml::from_str("worker-forbidden-writes = [\"flake.nix\", \"!flake.nix\"]\n").unwrap();
assert!(
!doc.forbidden_writes().is_forbidden("flake.nix"),
"a `!` negation un-blocks the defaulted path"
);
}
#[test]
fn doctrine_floor_blocks_even_when_config_absent_empty_or_negates_it() {
// The `.doctrine/**` floor is code-enforced with precedence over config —
// fail-closed regardless of what the config says.
// 1) config absent (empty table)
let absent: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("").unwrap();
assert!(
absent
.forbidden_writes()
.is_forbidden(".doctrine/doctrine.toml")
);
// 2) config present but forbidden list empty
let empty: DispatchConfig = toml::from_str("worker-forbidden-writes = []\n").unwrap();
assert!(empty.forbidden_writes().is_forbidden(".doctrine/state/x"));
// 3) config actively negates the floor — the floor STILL wins (fail-closed).
let negated: DispatchConfig =
toml::from_str("worker-forbidden-writes = [\"!.doctrine/carve\"]\n").unwrap();
assert!(
negated.forbidden_writes().is_forbidden(".doctrine/carve"),
"the code floor overrides a config negation (fail-closed, PIN-2)"
);
}
}