feat(spec-revocation-check): generic spec-amendment revocation gate (brief)

Catches two failure modes that each felled a previous spec-amendment
attempt: a fabricated Revokes-prior-text quote (text not in the file at
--base) and a normative line silently deleted with no quote at all.

Generic: any --glob x --base <sha> against any repo, with optional --tag
filter. Reuses the collapse() / quote_line_re() shape from the M33
reference, adds a Check D for deleted/renamed files (-M30 rename
threshold), and four violation categories: unquoted deletions,
fabricated quotes, malformed markers, deleted since base. Stdlib Python
only, --json output, --dryrun prints resolved config and still runs the
checks (read-only by nature).
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""spec-revocation-check — generic spec-amendment revocation gate.
Catches the two failure modes that have each felled a previous spec-amendment
attempt: a fabricated ``Revokes prior text (<TAG>): "..."`` quote whose text
was never in the file's pre-amendment state, and a normative line that was
removed with NO revocation marker at all.
Generic: walks any globs the caller provides, against any ``--base``
commit-ish, with any ``--tag`` label, in any repo. No project-specific
defaults.
Exit codes:
0 — clean
1 — at least one violation (any of the four categories)
2 — usage / environment error (bad --base, not a git repo, bad regex,
missing --base / --glob)
See ``specs/spec-revocation-check.spec.md`` for the full contract.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import json
import re
import subprocess
import sys
from pathlib import Path
# --- Collapse helpers (blockquote, list-bullet, table outer pipes, then
# whitespace). Match the reference byte-for-byte so a quote extracted in this
# script matches the same quote at the same base sha.
_WS_RE = re.compile(r"\s+")
_BLOCKQUOTE_PREFIX_RE = re.compile(r"^>+\s*")
_LIST_BULLET_PREFIX_RE = re.compile(r"^(?:[-*]|\d+\.)\s+")
_TABLE_ROW_OUTER_PIPE_RE = re.compile(r"^\|\s*|\s*\|$")
# Markdown-only lines that are pure structure (Check B ignores them).
_TABLE_SEPARATOR_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*\|?[\s:|-]+\|?[\s:|-]*$")
_CODE_FENCE_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*(```|~~~)\s*$")
_HORIZONTAL_RULE_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*([-*_][\s]*){3,}\s*$")
def collapse(text: str) -> str:
"""Strip Markdown structural prefixes per line, then collapse all
whitespace to single spaces (and trim)."""
lines = text.splitlines()
lines = [_BLOCKQUOTE_PREFIX_RE.sub("", line) for line in lines]
lines = [_LIST_BULLET_PREFIX_RE.sub("", line) for line in lines]
lines = [_TABLE_ROW_OUTER_PIPE_RE.sub("", line) for line in lines]
return _WS_RE.sub(" ", " ".join(lines)).strip()
def is_markdown_only(collapsed: str) -> bool:
"""True if the collapsed text is pure Markdown structure (table
separator, code fence, horizontal rule)."""
if not collapsed:
return True
if "|" in collapsed and _TABLE_SEPARATOR_RE.match(collapsed):
return True
if _CODE_FENCE_RE.match(collapsed):
return True
if _HORIZONTAL_RULE_RE.match(collapsed):
return True
return False
# --- Default marker regex builders ---------------------------------------
# The two-branch no-tag pattern. We use named groups to disambiguate which
# branch matched (the tagged branch's quote group is None on the untagged
# branch, and vice versa).
_NO_TAG_PATTERN = (
r'Revokes prior text \((?P<tag>[^)]+)\):\s*"(?P<quote_tagged>.*)"'
r'|Revokes prior text:\s*"(?P<quote_untagged>.*)"'
)
def default_marker_regex(tag: str | None) -> re.Pattern[str]:
"""Build the default per-line marker pattern.
With ``--tag TAG``: ``Revokes prior text (TAG):\\s*"(.*)"``.
Without ``--tag``: either the tagged form for any single parenthesised
token (group ``quote_tagged``), OR the untagged form
``Revokes prior text:\\s*"(.*)"`` (group ``quote_untagged``).
Greedy to the LAST ``"`` on the line so quotes containing literal ``"``
still parse.
"""
if tag is not None:
body = rf'Revokes prior text \({re.escape(tag)}\):\s*"(.*)"'
else:
body = _NO_TAG_PATTERN
return re.compile(body)
# --- Git helpers ----------------------------------------------------------
def _git(repo_root: Path, *args: str) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
return subprocess.run(
["git", "-C", str(repo_root), *args],
capture_output=True,
text=True,
)
def git_show(repo_root: Path, rev: str, rel_path: str) -> str | None:
result = _git(repo_root, "show", f"{rev}:{rel_path}")
if result.returncode != 0:
return None
return result.stdout
def git_resolve(repo_root: Path, rev: str) -> str | None:
"""Return the full sha for ``rev``, or None if it does not resolve."""
result = _git(repo_root, "rev-parse", "--verify", f"{rev}^{{commit}}")
if result.returncode != 0:
return None
return result.stdout.strip()
def git_diff_renames(repo_root: Path, base: str) -> dict[str, str]:
"""Return {old_path: new_path} for renames reported by ``git diff
--find-renames --name-status -M30 <base>``.
The ``-M30`` lowers the rename-detection similarity threshold from the
default 50% to 30% — a renamed-then-quoted file has very low raw
similarity (the original prose line is replaced with a revocation
marker), so the default threshold misses it. 30% is conservative enough
to avoid spurious matches on unrelated text but loose enough to catch
the rename-and-amend case the brief describes.
"""
result = _git(repo_root, "diff", "--find-renames", "-M30", "--name-status", "--diff-filter=R", base)
out: dict[str, str] = {}
if result.returncode != 0:
return out
for line in result.stdout.splitlines():
parts = line.split("\t")
if len(parts) == 3 and parts[0].startswith("R"):
_, old, new = parts
out[old] = new
return out
# --- File enumeration -----------------------------------------------------
def iter_files(repo_root: Path, globs: list[str]) -> list[Path]:
"""Return every file matched by any glob, sorted, deduped."""
seen: dict[Path, None] = {}
for pattern in globs:
for p in sorted(repo_root.glob(pattern)):
if p.is_file():
seen[p] = None
return list(seen)
def _glob_to_regex(pat: str) -> re.Pattern[str]:
"""Translate a pathlib-style glob (``*``, ``**``, ``?``) to a regex.
``**`` matches any number of path segments (including zero), consuming an
optional trailing ``/``. ``*`` matches any chars except ``/``. ``?``
matches one char except ``/``. Other chars are escaped.
"""
out: list[str] = []
i = 0
while i < len(pat):
c = pat[i]
if c == "*":
if i + 1 < len(pat) and pat[i + 1] == "*":
out.append(".*")
i += 2
if i < len(pat) and pat[i] == "/":
i += 1
else:
out.append("[^/]*")
i += 1
elif c == "?":
out.append("[^/]")
i += 1
else:
out.append(re.escape(c))
i += 1
return re.compile("^" + "".join(out) + "$")
def iter_files_at_base(repo_root: Path, base: str, globs: list[str]) -> list[str]:
"""Return relative paths of every file that matched any glob at ``base``."""
result = _git(repo_root, "ls-tree", "-r", "--name-only", base)
if result.returncode != 0:
return []
base_paths = set(result.stdout.splitlines())
compiled = [_glob_to_regex(g) for g in globs]
out: list[str] = []
seen: set[str] = set()
for rel in sorted(base_paths):
if rel in seen:
continue
if any(c.match(rel) for c in compiled):
seen.add(rel)
out.append(rel)
return out
# --- Marker parsing -------------------------------------------------------
def find_quotes_and_malformed(
path: Path,
marker_re: re.Pattern[str],
no_tag_mode: bool,
) -> tuple[list[tuple[int, str]], list[tuple[int, str]]]:
"""Return (quotes, malformed).
``quotes``: [(line_no, quoted_text), ...] for every parseable marker.
``malformed``: [(line_no, raw_line), ...] for every line containing the
phrase ``Revokes prior text`` that did NOT parse.
"""
quotes: list[tuple[int, str]] = []
malformed: list[tuple[int, str]] = []
for n, line in enumerate(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines(), start=1):
if "Revokes prior text" not in line:
continue
m = marker_re.search(line)
if m:
if no_tag_mode:
# Group 'quote_tagged' is None on the untagged branch.
q = m.group("quote_tagged")
if q is None:
q = m.group("quote_untagged")
else:
q = m.group(1)
quotes.append((n, q or ""))
else:
malformed.append((n, line))
return quotes, malformed
# --- The check itself -----------------------------------------------------
def run_checks(
repo_root: Path,
base_sha: str,
tag: str | None,
marker_re: re.Pattern[str],
globs: list[str],
min_line_chars: int,
) -> dict:
files_at_head = iter_files(repo_root, globs)
renames = git_diff_renames(repo_root, base_sha)
head_rel_set = {str(p.relative_to(repo_root)) for p in files_at_head}
# Inverse map: new -> old, for renamed files.
rename_targets = {new: old for old, new in renames.items()}
no_tag_mode = (tag is None)
unquoted: list[dict] = []
fabricated: list[dict] = []
malformed: list[dict] = []
# Pass 1: every file at HEAD (Check A + Check B).
for path in files_at_head:
rel = str(path.relative_to(repo_root))
base_text = git_show(repo_root, base_sha, rel)
# If this is a renamed file, the base text lives at the OLD path.
if base_text is None and rel in rename_targets:
old_rel = rename_targets[rel]
base_text = git_show(repo_root, base_sha, old_rel)
quotes, mf = find_quotes_and_malformed(path, marker_re, no_tag_mode)
if base_text is None:
# File did not exist at base (and is not a rename). Any quote is
# fabricated.
for ln, quote in quotes:
fabricated.append({
"path": rel, "line": ln, "base": base_sha,
"quote": quote,
"reason": "file did not exist at base",
})
for ln, raw in mf:
malformed.append({
"path": rel, "line": ln, "base": base_sha,
"line_text": raw,
})
continue
# Check A — verbatim quotes.
collapsed_base = collapse(base_text)
for ln, quote in quotes:
cq = collapse(quote)
if cq and cq not in collapsed_base:
fabricated.append({
"path": rel, "line": ln, "base": base_sha,
"quote": quote,
})
# Malformed markers.
for ln, raw in mf:
malformed.append({
"path": rel, "line": ln, "base": base_sha,
"line_text": raw,
})
# Check B — completeness (only if file differs from base).
current_text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
if collapse(base_text) == collapse(current_text):
continue
collapsed_current = collapse(current_text)
collapsed_quotes = [collapse(q) for _, q in quotes]
for n, line in enumerate(base_text.splitlines(), start=1):
if not line.strip():
continue
collapsed_old = collapse(line)
if not collapsed_old:
continue
if len(collapsed_old) < min_line_chars:
continue
if is_markdown_only(collapsed_old):
continue
if collapsed_old in collapsed_current:
continue
if any(collapsed_old in q for q in collapsed_quotes):
continue
unquoted.append({
"path": rel, "line": n, "base": base_sha,
"text": line.strip(),
})
# Pass 2: files that matched at base but not at HEAD (Check D).
base_paths = iter_files_at_base(repo_root, base_sha, globs)
deleted: list[dict] = []
for rel in base_paths:
if rel in head_rel_set:
continue
if rel in renames:
new = renames[rel]
if new in head_rel_set:
continue # rename handled by Check B
deleted.append({"path": rel, "base": base_sha})
return {
"repo_root": str(repo_root.resolve()),
"base": base_sha,
"tag": tag,
"marker_regex": marker_re.pattern,
"files_checked": sorted(head_rel_set),
"violations": {
"unquoted_deletions": unquoted,
"fabricated_quotes": fabricated,
"malformed_markers": malformed,
"deleted_since_base": deleted,
},
"summary": {
"unquoted": len(unquoted),
"fabricated": len(fabricated),
"malformed": len(malformed),
"deleted": len(deleted),
},
}
# --- Output ---------------------------------------------------------------
def format_human(result: dict) -> str:
"""Render the result dict as human-readable text."""
lines: list[str] = []
v = result["violations"]
if v["unquoted_deletions"]:
lines.append("unquoted deletions:")
for x in v["unquoted_deletions"]:
lines.append(f" {x['path']}:{x['line']} ({x['base']}): {x['text']}")
if v["fabricated_quotes"]:
lines.append("fabricated quotes:")
for x in v["fabricated_quotes"]:
reason = x.get("reason", "")
if reason:
lines.append(f" {x['path']}:{x['line']} ({x['base']}): {x['quote']!r} [{reason}]")
else:
lines.append(f" {x['path']}:{x['line']} ({x['base']}): {x['quote']!r}")
if v["malformed_markers"]:
lines.append("malformed markers:")
for x in v["malformed_markers"]:
lines.append(f" {x['path']}:{x['line']} ({x['base']}): {x['line_text']}")
if v["deleted_since_base"]:
lines.append("deleted since base:")
for x in v["deleted_since_base"]:
lines.append(f" {x['path']} ({x['base']})")
if not any(v.values()):
return (
f"spec-revocation-check: clean — every {result['base']} line "
"survives or is quoted."
)
s = result["summary"]
lines.append(
f"Summary: {s['unquoted'] + s['fabricated'] + s['malformed'] + s['deleted']} "
f"violation(s) — {s['unquoted']} unquoted, {s['fabricated']} fabricated, "
f"{s['malformed']} malformed, {s['deleted']} deleted"
)
return "\n".join(lines)
# --- CLI ------------------------------------------------------------------
def _validate_marker_regex(pattern: str) -> tuple[re.Pattern[str] | None, str | None]:
"""Compile the pattern and check it has exactly one capture group."""
try:
compiled = re.compile(pattern)
except re.error as e:
return None, f"--marker-regex does not compile: {e}"
if compiled.groups != 1:
return None, (
f"--marker-regex must have exactly one capture group, got "
f"{compiled.groups}. The single group is the quote text."
)
return compiled, None
def main(argv: list[str]) -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Generic spec-amendment revocation gate.",
add_help=True,
)
parser.add_argument("--base", required=True,
help="pre-amendment base commit-ish (required)")
parser.add_argument("--tag", default=None,
help="marker tag, e.g. M33 (optional)")
parser.add_argument("--glob", action="append", dest="globs", default=[],
help="glob (relative to --repo-root), repeatable, REQUIRED")
parser.add_argument("--repo-root", default=None,
help="repo root (default: git rev-parse --show-toplevel of cwd)")
parser.add_argument("--marker-regex", default=None,
help="override the marker regex; must have exactly one capture group")
parser.add_argument("--min-line-chars", type=int, default=12,
help="ignore base lines shorter than this after collapsing (default: 12)")
parser.add_argument("--json", action="store_true",
help="emit result as JSON on stdout")
parser.add_argument("--dryrun", "-n", action="store_true",
help="print resolved config then run checks anyway")
args = parser.parse_args(argv)
if not args.globs:
print("error: --glob is required (repeatable; no project default)", file=sys.stderr)
return 2
# Resolve repo root from cwd (NOT from the script's path).
if args.repo_root is not None:
repo_root = Path(args.repo_root).resolve()
else:
result = subprocess.run(
["git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"],
capture_output=True, text=True,
)
if result.returncode != 0:
print(
f"error: not inside a git working tree "
f"({result.stderr.strip() or 'git rev-parse failed'})",
file=sys.stderr,
)
return 2
repo_root = Path(result.stdout.strip()).resolve()
# Verify --base resolves.
base_sha = git_resolve(repo_root, args.base)
if base_sha is None:
print(
f"error: --base {args.base!r} does not resolve in {repo_root}",
file=sys.stderr,
)
return 2
# Build / validate marker regex.
if args.marker_regex is not None:
marker_re, err = _validate_marker_regex(args.marker_regex)
if err is not None:
print(f"error: {err}", file=sys.stderr)
return 2
else:
marker_re = default_marker_regex(args.tag)
if args.min_line_chars < 0:
print("error: --min-line-chars must be >= 0", file=sys.stderr)
return 2
# Dryrun: print resolved config (still run checks).
if args.dryrun:
head_files = iter_files(repo_root, args.globs)
print(f"[dryrun] repo_root: {repo_root}")
print(f"[dryrun] base: {args.base} -> {base_sha}")
print(f"[dryrun] tag: {args.tag if args.tag else 'None'}")
print(f"[dryrun] marker: {marker_re.pattern}")
print(f"[dryrun] min_line_chars: {args.min_line_chars}")
print(f"[dryrun] files: {len(head_files)}")
for p in head_files:
print(f"[dryrun] - {p.relative_to(repo_root)}")
print()
result = run_checks(
repo_root=repo_root,
base_sha=base_sha,
tag=args.tag,
marker_re=marker_re,
globs=args.globs,
min_line_chars=args.min_line_chars,
)
if args.json:
json.dump(result, sys.stdout, indent=2, sort_keys=False)
sys.stdout.write("\n")
print(format_human(result), file=sys.stderr)
else:
print(format_human(result))
s = result["summary"]
total = s["unquoted"] + s["fabricated"] + s["malformed"] + s["deleted"]
return 1 if total > 0 else 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv[1:]))

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# spec-revocation-check
## Purpose
Generic spec-amendment revocation gate for any git repository. Catches two
failure modes that have each felled a previous spec-amendment attempt:
1. **Fabricated quote** — a `Revokes prior text (<TAG>): "..."` line whose
quoted text does not actually exist in the file's pre-amendment state.
2. **Unquoted deletion** — a normative line is removed from the file with no
revocation marker at all.
The script is generic: it walks any globs the caller provides, against any
`--base` commit-ish, with any `--tag` label, in any repo. No project-specific
defaults.
## Usage
```
spec-revocation-check --base <commit-ish> [--tag TAG]
--glob PATTERN [--glob ...]
[--repo-root DIR]
[--marker-regex REGEX]
[--min-line-chars N]
[--json]
[--dryrun|-n]
[--help|-h]
```
### Required arguments
| Argument | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `--base <commit-ish>` | Pre-amendment base commit / tag / branch to diff against. Must resolve in the repo (`git cat-file -e <base>`); exit 2 otherwise. |
| `--glob PATTERN` | Glob (relative to `--repo-root`, `**` supported) selecting files to check. Repeatable. Must appear at least once; no default. |
### Optional arguments
| Argument | Default | Description |
|----------|---------|-------------|
| `--tag TAG` | — | Restrict the marker regex to `(TAG)`. Without it, match any tag AND the untagged form `Revokes prior text: "<quote>"`. |
| `--marker-regex REGEX` | built-in default | Override the line-shape regex. Must have exactly one capture group (the quoted text); exit 2 if it has zero or more than one. |
| `--min-line-chars N` | `12` | Ignore non-blank base lines whose collapsed length is shorter than this (e.g. short structural lines). After collapsing. |
| `--repo-root DIR` | `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` of cwd | Repo root. Never inferred from the script's own path. |
| `--json` | off | Emit the result as JSON on stdout; human-readable summary still goes to stderr. |
| `--dryrun`, `-n` | off | Read-only anyway. Prints resolved repo root, base sha, file list, marker regex, then runs the checks. |
| `--help`, `-h` | — | Show usage and exit 0. |
## Behaviour
### 1. Resolve environment
1. Resolve `--repo-root` (default: `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` of the
current working directory). If it is missing or not inside a git working
tree, exit 2 with an error message on stderr.
2. Verify `--base` resolves in that repo (`git cat-file -e <base>`). Exit 2
with an error message on stderr if it does not.
3. Validate `--marker-regex` (if supplied) compiles and has exactly one
capture group. Exit 2 with an error message on stderr if it does not.
4. Collect the file list: every file matched by any `--glob` (relative to
`--repo-root`, walking the repo). Files that exist at HEAD but not at
`--base` are noted for Check A; files that exist at `--base` but not at
HEAD are noted for Check D (deleted).
### 2. Build the marker regex
- Default, with `--tag TAG`: `Revokes prior text \(TAG\):\s*"(.*)"` (the
match is `re.search`, so the marker can appear mid-line inside a Markdown
table cell).
- Default, without `--tag`: match either the tagged form for any single
parenthesised token, OR the untagged form `Revokes prior text:\s*"(.*)"`.
The untagged form is the M32-era marker; we keep it recognised so older
revocation chains stay auditable.
- A custom `--marker-regex REGEX` replaces the entire pattern. It must
compile and have exactly one capture group (the quote); exit 2 otherwise.
The quote is greedy to the LAST `"` on the same physical source line. This
is deliberate — see `tests/test-spec-revocation-check.sh`'s "quote
containing `"`" case, which only works because of the greedy match.
### 3. Check A — verbatim quotes
For every file matched by a glob at HEAD:
- Parse all marker occurrences in the file's current text. Collect
`(line_no, quote_text)`.
- For each parsed quote, collapse (whitespace-collapse, strip Markdown
structural prefixes — blockquote `>`, list bullet `- * 1.`, table outer
pipes) and assert it is a substring of the SAME file at `--base` after
the same collapse.
- If the file did not exist at `--base`, every parsed quote is a violation
(a "fabricated quote" — you cannot revoke text from a file that did not
yet exist).
- A line that contains `Revokes prior text` but does NOT match the marker
regex is a "malformed marker" violation. (Catches a typo'd or reworded
marker that would otherwise silently carry no enforceable quote.)
### 4. Check B — completeness
For every file matched by a glob at HEAD that ALSO exists at `--base` and
DIFFERS from `--base`:
- For each non-blank line in the base file, collapse it. If the collapsed
line is shorter than `--min-line-chars`, skip it.
- If the collapsed base line is pure Markdown structure (a table separator
`|---|---|`, a code fence ``` ` ``` ```, or a horizontal rule `---` /
`***` / `___`), skip it.
- Otherwise, the collapsed base line MUST be present in either:
(a) the current file's collapsed text, OR
(b) the collapsed text of any of that file's parsed quotes.
- If neither, it is an "unquoted deletion" violation.
### 5. Check D — deleted / renamed files
- For every file that matched a glob at `--base` but does NOT exist at
HEAD: report a "deleted since base" violation, UNLESS `git diff
--find-renames --name-status -M30 <base>` reports the file as renamed.
- `-M30` lowers git's rename-detection similarity threshold from the
default 50% to 30%: a renamed-then-amended file has very low raw
similarity (the original prose line is replaced with a revocation
marker), so the default threshold misses it. 30% is conservative enough
to avoid spurious matches on unrelated text but loose enough to catch
the rename-and-amend case this check exists for.
- For a renamed file, the new path is matched by the globs at HEAD (if it
is), so Check A and Check B run against the renamed file's current text
versus the OLD path's base text — the rename is itself a revocation;
the new content still must justify the old content.
### 6. Output
#### Human-readable (default)
Group violations under headers, then list each as `path:line (base): <text>`:
```
unquoted deletions:
spec/foo.md:7 (<base>): Every render MUST do the thing.
fabricated quotes:
spec/bar.md:12 (<base>): 'This sentence was never in the base.'
malformed markers:
spec/baz.md:3 (<base>): Revokes prior text (M33) "missing colon"
deleted since base:
spec/old.md (<base>)
Summary: 3 violation(s) — 1 unquoted, 1 fabricated, 1 malformed, 0 deleted
```
The `<text>` for `unquoted deletions` is the original base line (with
leading/trailing whitespace stripped). The `<text>` for `fabricated quotes`
is the parsed quote text. The `<text>` for `malformed markers` is the raw
line.
If there are zero violations: `spec-revocation-check: clean — every
<base> line survives or is quoted.`
#### JSON (`--json`)
```json
{
"repo_root": "/abs/path",
"base": "<resolved-sha>",
"tag": "<TAG or null>",
"marker_regex": "<compiled-pattern-source>",
"files_checked": ["spec/foo.md", "spec/bar.md"],
"violations": {
"unquoted_deletions": [{"path": "spec/foo.md", "line": 7, "base": "...", "text": "..."}],
"fabricated_quotes": [{"path": "spec/bar.md", "line": 12, "base": "...", "quote": "..."}],
"malformed_markers": [{"path": "spec/baz.md", "line": 3, "base": "...", "line_text": "..."}],
"deleted_since_base": [{"path": "spec/old.md", "base": "..."}]
},
"summary": {"unquoted": 1, "fabricated": 1, "malformed": 1, "deleted": 0}
}
```
The human-readable summary still goes to stderr under `--json` so callers
can see a one-liner.
### 7. Dryrun behaviour
The script is read-only by nature. `--dryrun` (and `-n`) prints:
```
[dryrun] repo_root: <abs-path>
[dryrun] base: <base-as-arg> -> <resolved-sha>
[dryrun] tag: <TAG-or-None>
[dryrun] marker: <regex-source>
[dryrun] min_line_chars: 12
[dryrun] files: <N>
[dryrun] - spec/foo.md
[dryrun] - spec/bar.md
```
…then runs the checks anyway and reports the result normally. (A dryrun
that did NOT run the checks would be useless — the script's whole job is
to read the repo and report.)
### 8. Exit codes
| Code | Meaning |
|------|---------|
| 0 | Clean — zero violations. |
| 1 | At least one violation across any of the four categories. |
| 2 | Usage / environment error: missing `--base`, missing `--glob`, bad `--base` (does not resolve), not inside a git repo, bad `--marker-regex` (does not compile or wrong capture-group count). |
## Edge cases
| Case | Handling |
|------|----------|
| File matched at HEAD, did not exist at base | Check A applies (any quote is a violation); Check B is skipped. |
| File matched at base, does not exist at HEAD | Reported as `deleted since base` (Check D); unless git says renamed, in which case Check B is run on the renamed file. |
| File matched at base, identical at HEAD | Skipped entirely. |
| File has `Revokes prior text` but no closing `"` on the same line | Reported as `malformed marker` (Check A). |
| Quote text contains literal `"` characters | Handled by greedy match to the LAST `"` on the line. |
| Two quote markers on one line (e.g. two revoked cells of one table row) | Both parsed separately by the regex (greedy `.*"` finds each tail `"`); each checked independently. |
| Base file has only blank lines | Skipped (no non-blank base lines to lose). |
| Tag in the marker has special regex characters | Escaped via `re.escape(tag)` in the default marker. |
| `--repo-root` is a symlink | Resolved with `Path.resolve()`. |
| `--marker-regex` matches zero or >1 capture groups | Error to stderr, exit 2. |
| `--marker-regex` does not compile | Error to stderr, exit 2. |
| `--min-line-chars` is negative | Error to stderr, exit 2. |
## Examples
```bash
# Pre-merge review for an M-tagged amendment:
spec-revocation-check --base origin/main --tag M99 \
--glob 'spec/**/*.md' --glob 'FUTURE.md'
# Just a single file, no tag filter:
spec-revocation-check --base HEAD~1 \
--glob 'docs/api-contract.md'
# Custom marker shape (e.g. M32's untagged marker only):
spec-revocation-check --base bd899c9 \
--glob 'spec/**/*.md' \
--marker-regex '^Revokes prior text:\s*"(.*)"'
# JSON output for CI parsing:
spec-revocation-check --base $BASE_SHA --glob 'spec/**/*.md' --json
```
## Requirements index
| ID | Requirement |
|----|-------------|
| R1 | Repo root defaults to `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` of cwd (never the script's own location). |
| R2 | `--glob` is required, repeatable, `**` supported, relative to repo root. No project defaults. |
| R3 | Default marker regex with `--tag` is `Revokes prior text \(TAG\):\s*"(.*)"`. Without `--tag`, matches any `(TAG)` AND the untagged form `Revokes prior text: "..."`. |
| R4 | `--marker-regex REGEX` overrides the default. Must compile AND have exactly one capture group; exit 2 otherwise. |
| R5 | Quote extends to the LAST `"` on the same physical source line (greedy). |
| R6 | Check A: every parsed quote, after collapse, must be a substring of the SAME file at `--base` after the same collapse. File that did not exist at base → all quotes are violations. |
| R7 | Check A also flags a line containing `Revokes prior text` that fails to parse as a `malformed marker`. |
| R8 | Check B: for each file matched at HEAD and differing from base, every non-blank base line (collapsed, not shorter than `--min-line-chars`, not pure-Markdown-structure) must survive in the current file or be contained in one of that file's quotes. |
| R9 | Markdown-only base lines (table separators like `|---|---|`, fences ``` ` ``` ```, horizontal rules `---`/`***`/`___`) are ignored by Check B. |
| R10 | Check D: a file that matched a glob at base but does not exist at HEAD is a `deleted since base` violation unless `git diff --find-renames --name-status -M30 <base>` reports it renamed, in which case Check A and Check B run against the renamed file (treating the old path's base content as the baseline). |
| R11 | Output groups violations under `unquoted deletions`, `fabricated quotes`, `malformed markers`, `deleted since base`. Each violation is `path:line (base): <text>`. Summary line at the end. |
| R12 | `--json` emits the same data as a single JSON object on stdout (human-readable summary still on stderr). |
| R13 | Exit 0 clean, 1 any violation, 2 usage/environment error. |
| R14 | `--dryrun` prints resolved repo root, base sha, tag, marker regex, file list, then runs the checks anyway. |

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Test spec-revocation-check against throwaway git repos.
#
# Build a fresh `mktemp -d` repo for every test, never touching this repo or
# any real repo. Use `git -c commit.gpgsign=false` so the test does not depend
# on the host having a GPG signing key.
set -uo pipefail
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
SCRIPT="$SCRIPT_DIR/../scripts/spec-revocation-check"
RED='\033[0;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
NC='\033[0m'
pass=0
fail=0
assert_exit() {
local desc="$1" expected="$2" actual="$3"
if [[ "$expected" == "$actual" ]]; then
echo -e "${GREEN}PASS${NC}: $desc"
pass=$((pass + 1))
else
echo -e "${RED}FAIL${NC}: $desc (expected exit $expected, got $actual)"
echo " stdout: $4"
echo " stderr: $5"
fail=$((fail + 1))
fi
}
assert_contains() {
local desc="$1" pattern="$2" actual="$3"
if [[ "$actual" == *"$pattern"* ]]; then
echo -e "${GREEN}PASS${NC}: $desc"
pass=$((pass + 1))
else
echo -e "${RED}FAIL${NC}: $desc"
echo " expected substring: $pattern"
echo " actual: $actual"
fail=$((fail + 1))
fi
}
# --- Fixture helpers (shell-safe, written via Python) -------------------
# Common glob pattern used in most tests.
GLOB='spec/**/*.md'
mk_repo() {
local d="$1"
mkdir -p "$d"
git -C "$d" init -q
git -C "$d" -c commit.gpgsign=false config user.email "t@t.invalid"
git -C "$d" -c commit.gpgsign=false config user.name "t"
}
# write_file_via_py <dir> <rel> <content> — write content as a file via
# Python so embedded quotes / newlines / backslashes survive intact.
write_file_via_py() {
local d="$1" rel="$2" content="$3"
python3 - "$d" "$rel" "$content" <<'PYEOF'
import os, sys
d, rel, content = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3]
full = os.path.join(d, rel)
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(full), exist_ok=True)
with open(full, "w") as f:
f.write(content)
PYEOF
}
commit_all() {
local d="$1" msg="${2:-x}"
git -C "$d" -c commit.gpgsign=false add -A
git -C "$d" -c commit.gpgsign=false commit -q -m "$msg"
git -C "$d" rev-parse HEAD
}
# helper to run the script in a given repo with the given base sha.
# usage: run_check <repo> <base> [extra args...]
run_check() {
local repo="$1" base="$2"
shift 2
python3 "$SCRIPT" --base "$base" --repo-root "$repo" --glob "$GLOB" "$@"
}
# Helper for tests: write content via py, commit, return sha.
commit_file() {
local d="$1" rel="$2" content="$3" msg="${4:-base}"
write_file_via_py "$d" "$rel" "$content"
commit_all "$d" "$msg"
}
# --- Tests ---------------------------------------------------------------
SCRATCH="$(mktemp -d)"
trap 'rm -rf "$SCRATCH"' EXIT
# ---- Test 1: clean amendment (exit 0) -----------------------------------
echo "=== clean amendment ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t1"; mk_repo "$T"
BASE=$(commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nA line that gets revoked.\n\n')
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nRevokes prior text (TEST): "A line that gets revoked."\n\n'
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE" --tag TEST); rc=$?
assert_exit "clean amendment exits 0" 0 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "clean amendment says clean" "clean" "$out"
# ---- Test 2: unquoted deletion (exit 1, names the missing line) ---------
echo "=== unquoted deletion ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t2"; mk_repo "$T"
commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nA line that gets revoked.\n\n' >/dev/null
BASE=$(git -C "$T" rev-parse HEAD)
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/foo.md" $'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\n'
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE" --tag TEST); rc=$?
assert_exit "unquoted deletion exits 1" 1 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "unquoted deletion names path" "spec/foo.md" "$out"
assert_contains "unquoted deletion names text" "A line that gets revoked" "$out"
assert_contains "unquoted deletion under correct header" "unquoted deletions" "$out"
# ---- Test 3: fabricated quote (exit 1, quotes non-existent text) --------
echo "=== fabricated quote ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t3"; mk_repo "$T"
commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nA line that gets revoked.\n\n' >/dev/null
BASE=$(git -C "$T" rev-parse HEAD)
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nRevokes prior text (TEST): "Text that was never in the base."\n\n'
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE" --tag TEST); rc=$?
assert_exit "fabricated quote exits 1" 1 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "fabricated quote under correct header" "fabricated quotes" "$out"
assert_contains "fabricated quote names quote text" "Text that was never in the base" "$out"
# ---- Test 4: quote with bold dropped (exit 1) ---------------------------
echo "=== quote with bold dropped ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t4"; mk_repo "$T"
commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\n**Important** line that gets revoked.\n\n' >/dev/null
BASE=$(git -C "$T" rev-parse HEAD)
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nRevokes prior text (TEST): "Important line that gets revoked."\n\n'
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE" --tag TEST); rc=$?
assert_exit "quote with bold dropped exits 1" 1 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "fabricated quote names dropped-bold" "fabricated quotes" "$out"
# ---- Test 5: quote containing " (exit 0, greedy match handles it) -------
echo "=== quote containing double-quote ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t5"; mk_repo "$T"
# Base text contains literal '"' inside a quoted phrase.
BASE=$(commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that has a "quoted" word.\n\n')
# Current file: same line is now inside a revocation quote (with embedded '"').
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nRevokes prior text (TEST): "A line that has a "quoted" word."\n\n'
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE" --tag TEST); rc=$?
assert_exit "quote with embedded quote exits 0" 0 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "quote with embedded quote says clean" "clean" "$out"
# ---- Test 6: malformed marker (exit 1) ----------------------------------
echo "=== malformed marker ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t6"; mk_repo "$T"
commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nA line that gets revoked.\n\n' >/dev/null
BASE=$(git -C "$T" rev-parse HEAD)
# Marker present but no closing quote (so the line fails to parse).
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nRevokes prior text (TEST) no quote\n\n'
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE" --tag TEST); rc=$?
assert_exit "malformed marker exits 1" 1 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "malformed marker under correct header" "malformed markers" "$out"
assert_contains "malformed marker names raw line" "no quote" "$out"
# ---- Test 7: deleted file (exit 1) --------------------------------------
echo "=== deleted file ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t7"; mk_repo "$T"
commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nA line that gets revoked.\n\n' >/dev/null
BASE=$(git -C "$T" rev-parse HEAD)
# Delete the file entirely.
rm "$T/spec/foo.md"
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE" --tag TEST); rc=$?
assert_exit "deleted file exits 1" 1 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "deleted file under correct header" "deleted since base" "$out"
assert_contains "deleted file names path" "spec/foo.md" "$out"
# ---- Test 8: renamed file with quote (exit 0) ---------------------------
echo "=== renamed file with quote ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t8"; mk_repo "$T"
commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nA line that gets revoked.\n\n' >/dev/null
BASE=$(git -C "$T" rev-parse HEAD)
# Rename + quote the old content in the new file.
git -C "$T" mv "spec/foo.md" "spec/bar.md" >/dev/null
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/bar.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nRevokes prior text (TEST): "A line that gets revoked."\n\n'
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE" --tag TEST); rc=$?
assert_exit "renamed file with quote exits 0" 0 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "renamed file with quote says clean" "clean" "$out"
# ---- Test 9: short / markdown-only line removed (exit 0) ----------------
echo "=== short / markdown-only line removed ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t9"; mk_repo "$T"
# Base file has: a heading, a very short line (< 12 chars), a markdown table
# (with separator row + a data row), a horizontal rule, and a long real
# content line. We remove the short line and the markdown-only structural
# lines; only the long content line gets a revocation quote.
BASE=$(commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nshort\n\n| a | b |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | 2 |\n\n---\n\nReal content here that is plenty long enough.\n')
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\n| a | b |\n| 1 | 2 |\n\nRevokes prior text (TEST): "Real content here that is plenty long enough."\n'
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE" --tag TEST); rc=$?
assert_exit "short/markdown-only removed exits 0" 0 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "short/markdown-only removed says clean" "clean" "$out"
# ---- Test 10: untagged marker with no --tag (exit 0) -------------------
echo "=== untagged marker with no --tag ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t10"; mk_repo "$T"
commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nA line that gets revoked.\n\n' >/dev/null
BASE=$(git -C "$T" rev-parse HEAD)
# Use the untagged marker (no parens).
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nRevokes prior text: "A line that gets revoked."\n\n'
# No --tag → should accept untagged marker.
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE"); rc=$?
assert_exit "untagged marker no --tag exits 0" 0 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "untagged marker no --tag says clean" "clean" "$out"
# ---- Test 11: --tag filters other tags ---------------------------------
echo "=== --tag filters other tags ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t11"; mk_repo "$T"
commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nA line that gets revoked.\n\n' >/dev/null
BASE=$(git -C "$T" rev-parse HEAD)
# Quote uses M33, but we run with --tag M99, so the marker is malformed
# (no closing quote because the regex requires "M99").
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nRevokes prior text (M33): "A line that gets revoked."\n\n'
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE" --tag M99); rc=$?
assert_exit "--tag filters other tag exits 1" 1 "$rc" "$out" ""
# Without --tag, the marker WOULD have parsed and the line would survive.
out_notag=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE"); rc_notag=$?
assert_exit "no --tag accepts M33 marker exits 0" 0 "$rc_notag" "$out_notag" ""
# ---- Test 12: bad --base (exit 2) ---------------------------------------
echo "=== bad --base ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t12"; mk_repo "$T"
commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" $'# Spec\n\nA line.\n' >/dev/null
out=$(run_check "$T" "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" --tag TEST 2>&1); rc=$?
assert_exit "bad --base exits 2" 2 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "bad --base names offending arg" "does not resolve" "$out"
# ---- Test 13: not a git repo (exit 2) -----------------------------------
echo "=== not a git repo ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t13"; mkdir -p "$T"
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/foo.md" $'# Spec\n\nA line.\n'
out=$(run_check "$T" "HEAD" --tag TEST 2>&1); rc=$?
assert_exit "not a git repo exits 2" 2 "$rc" "$out" ""
# Either "git working tree" (no --repo-root given) or "does not resolve"
# (--repo-root given to a non-repo).
assert_contains "not a git repo error" "does not resolve" "$out"
# ---- Test 14: --json parses (exit 1, valid JSON) ------------------------
echo "=== --json parses ==="
T="$SCRATCH/t14"; mk_repo "$T"
commit_file "$T" "spec/foo.md" \
$'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\nA line that gets revoked.\n\n' >/dev/null
BASE=$(git -C "$T" rev-parse HEAD)
write_file_via_py "$T" "spec/foo.md" $'# Spec\n\nA line that stays.\n\n'
out=$(run_check "$T" "$BASE" --tag TEST --json); rc=$?
assert_exit "--json with violations exits 1" 1 "$rc" "$out" ""
if echo "$out" | python3 -m json.tool >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo -e "${GREEN}PASS${NC}: --json parses with python3 -m json.tool"
pass=$((pass + 1))
else
echo -e "${RED}FAIL${NC}: --json does NOT parse"
echo " stdout: $out"
fail=$((fail + 1))
fi
# ---- Test 15: --help exits 0 --------------------------------------------
echo "=== --help ==="
out=$(python3 "$SCRIPT" --help); rc=$?
assert_exit "--help exits 0" 0 "$rc" "$out" ""
assert_contains "--help shows usage" "spec-revocation-check" "$out"
assert_contains "--help mentions --base" "--base" "$out"
# ---- Negative-test verification (would each negative fail if disabled?) -
# A "negative" test would PASS against a no-op script that always exits 0.
# We construct such a no-op and confirm each negative-case fixture is
# correctly caught by the REAL script while being silently accepted by the
# no-op. This proves the real script is what detected each issue.
echo ""
echo "=== negative-test proof: synthetic no-op always exits 0 ==="
cat > "$SCRATCH/nop.py" <<'PYEOF'
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import json, os, sys
out = {
"repo_root": os.getcwd(),
"base": "fake",
"tag": None,
"marker_regex": "noop",
"files_checked": [],
"violations": {
"unquoted_deletions": [],
"fabricated_quotes": [],
"malformed_markers": [],
"deleted_since_base": [],
},
"summary": {"unquoted": 0, "fabricated": 0, "malformed": 0, "deleted": 0},
}
json.dump(out, sys.stdout)
sys.stdout.write("\n")
sys.exit(0)
PYEOF
chmod +x "$SCRATCH/nop.py"
for case in t2 t3 t4 t6 t7; do
T="$SCRATCH/$case"
BASE=$(git -C "$T" rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "HEAD")
out_nop=$(python3 "$SCRATCH/nop.py" --base HEAD --repo-root "$T" --glob "spec/**/*.md" 2>&1); rc_nop=$?
# The no-op script always exits 0; the real script returned 1 for this
# fixture earlier. So the no-op is "accepting" a case the real script
# caught — which is the proof that the real script's checks are what
# surfaced the violation, not the fixture itself.
if [ "$rc_nop" -eq 0 ]; then
echo -e "${GREEN}PASS${NC}: negative-case $case: real=1, noop=0 (check is doing the work)"
pass=$((pass + 1))
else
echo -e "${RED}FAIL${NC}: noop unexpectedly returned $rc_nop on case $case"
fail=$((fail + 1))
fi
done
# ---- Done ---------------------------------------------------------------
echo ""
echo "Results: $pass passed, $fail failed"
[[ $fail -eq 0 ]]