Module normalize 

Deterministic rule forms.

canonical is what pull writes: volatile fields removed and keys sorted. comparable is what diff compares: canonical plus server defaults. They remain separate so pull does not write defaults the author omitted.

Functions

canonical

The on-disk form.

comparable

The comparison form.

fill_defaults

Add fields the server fills on create without overwriting explicit values.

sort_rules

Sort rules for stable file output and diff reports. Rules with unreadable rule_id values sort last.

strip_volatile

Remove the server-owned fields that change on every write.