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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/compliance/standards-alignment.md
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| Expectation | Here | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Large/dead blobs kept out | `scripts/check-blob-hygiene.sh` — one implementation, two callers: `.githooks/pre-commit` (local) and the CI repo-hygiene `Blob hygiene check` (binding on this repo). Primary rule is a 4 MiB size ceiling, not a path list; the six `data/MiSeq_SOP/run_[AB]/*.fastq.gz` fixtures are allowlisted | ✅ verified by mutant — five reintroduction attempts refused, two legitimate files admitted |
| Large/dead blobs kept out | `scripts/check-blob-hygiene.sh` — one implementation, two callers: `.githooks/pre-commit` (local) and the CI repo-hygiene `Blob hygiene check` (binding on this repo). Primary rule is a 4 MiB size ceiling, not a path list; the six `data/MiSeq_SOP/run_[AB]/*.fastq.gz` fixtures are allowlisted | ✅ verified by mutant **2026-09-21** — five reintroduction attempts refused, two legitimate files admitted. ⚠ a one-off manual battery, not an enforced control: the date is here so this cell cannot read as ongoing status. Re-run `scripts/check-blob-hygiene.sh` against fresh mutants after any change to its rules |
| Diff/linguist markings | `.gitattributes` marks `*.fastq{,.gz}`, `*.fq{,.gz}`, `*.fasta`, `*.fa`, `*.sam`, `*.bam` binary `-diff linguist-generated=true` | ✅ hygiene only, not the gate |

## Branch conventions
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38 changes: 36 additions & 2 deletions scripts/check-blob-hygiene.sh
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fi
}

# How many files the guard actually looked at. Without this, a run that examined
# 337 files and a run that examined 0 produced byte-identical output ("blob
# hygiene: ok", rc=0) -- so a guard aimed at nothing reported exactly the same
# success as a guard that checked everything.
examined=0

mode="${1:---staged}"

case "$mode" in
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blob="$(git ls-files -s -- "$path" | awk '{print $2}')"
[ -n "$blob" ] || continue
size="$(git cat-file -s "$blob")"
examined=$((examined + 1))
check_one "$path" "$size"
done < <(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=AM -z)
# --no-renames is load-bearing, not a tidy-up. With rename detection on,
# `git mv pool.fastq other.bin` is one R entry, and --diff-filter=AM drops
# it -- so an oversized blob already in the index can be moved past this
# hook without check_one() ever seeing it. --no-renames decomposes the
# rename into D + A, and the A is examined like any other addition.
# The --tree mode is immune (it walks the whole tree), which is exactly
# why the gap was invisible: CI stayed correct while the hook did not.
done < <(git diff --cached --no-renames --name-only --diff-filter=AM -z)
;;
--tree)
# Every tracked file at a ref, rather than a commit range. A range needs
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# paired with only ONE of the paths it is reachable under, which is
# exactly how the duplicated pool went unnoticed.
ref="${2:-HEAD}"
# Resolve the ref BEFORE walking it. `git ls-tree` on a bad ref writes
# "fatal: Not a valid object name" to STDERR and emits no paths -- and a
# CI `run:` step does not fail on stderr. The loop below then never
# executes and the script falls through to its success line, so a typo'd
# ref yields a permanently green gate that inspects nothing. Measured:
# `--tree refs/heads/no-such-branch` printed "blob hygiene: ok" rc=0.
git rev-parse --quiet --verify "$ref^{tree}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
echo "blob hygiene: FATAL -- '$ref' does not resolve to a tree" >&2
exit 2
}
while IFS= read -r -d '' path; do
blob="$(git rev-parse --quiet --verify "$ref:$path" 2>/dev/null || true)"
[ -n "$blob" ] || continue
size="$(git cat-file -s "$blob")"
examined=$((examined + 1))
check_one "$path" "$size"
done < <(git ls-tree -r -z --name-only "$ref")
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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sed -n '75,170p' scripts/check-blob-hygiene.sh
rg -n -- '--tree|check-blob-hygiene' .github .githooks scripts tests 2>/dev/null

Repository: hyperpolymath/MetaManifold-WebUI

Length of output: 5516

Use the resolved tree ID for the complete walk.

If ref changes after git ls-tree starts, the path list can come from one tree while each git rev-parse "$ref:$path" lookup uses another. A blob added only to the later tree is not in the earlier path list, so the guard can report success without checking it.

Store the verified tree ID and use it in both commands.

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-        git rev-parse --quiet --verify "$ref^{tree}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+        tree="$(git rev-parse --quiet --verify "$ref^{tree}")" || {
             echo "blob hygiene: FATAL -- '$ref' does not resolve to a tree" >&2
             exit 2
         }
...
-            blob="$(git rev-parse --quiet --verify "$ref:$path" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+            blob="$(git rev-parse --quiet --verify "$tree:$path" 2>/dev/null || true)"
...
-        done < <(git ls-tree -r -z --name-only "$ref")
+        done < <(git ls-tree -r -z --name-only "$tree")
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git rev-parse --quiet --verify "$ref^{tree}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
echo "blob hygiene: FATAL -- '$ref' does not resolve to a tree" >&2
exit 2
}
while IFS= read -r -d '' path; do
blob="$(git rev-parse --quiet --verify "$ref:$path" 2>/dev/null || true)"
[ -n "$blob" ] || continue
size="$(git cat-file -s "$blob")"
examined=$((examined + 1))
check_one "$path" "$size"
done < <(git ls-tree -r -z --name-only "$ref")
tree="$(git rev-parse --quiet --verify "$ref^{tree}")" || {
echo "blob hygiene: FATAL -- '$ref' does not resolve to a tree" >&2
exit 2
}
while IFS= read -r -d '' path; do
blob="$(git rev-parse --quiet --verify "$tree:$path" 2>/dev/null || true)"
[ -n "$blob" ] || continue
size="$(git cat-file -s "$blob")"
examined=$((examined + 1))
check_one "$path" "$size"
done < <(git ls-tree -r -z --name-only "$tree")
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In `@scripts/check-blob-hygiene.sh` around lines 129 - 139, Store the verified
tree ID from the initial git rev-parse in the tree variable, then use tree
instead of ref for both git ls-tree and per-path git rev-parse lookups in the
blob-walking loop. Preserve the existing fatal handling when ref does not
resolve to a tree.

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# Emptiness guard. A tree with zero tracked files is never a legitimate
# state for this repository, so it means the walk failed, not that the
# repo is clean. Two empty sets compare equal; this is what stops that
# from reading as a pass. (No such guard in --staged mode: a commit that
# only DELETES files legitimately stages zero additions.)
if [ "$examined" -eq 0 ]; then

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Use '[[' instead of '[' for conditional tests. The '[[' construct is safer and more feature-rich. 


See more on https://sonarcloud.io/project/issues?id=hyperpolymath_MetaManifold-WebUI&issues=AaDFF-Vt-fhkOH8COYLW&open=AaDFF-Vt-fhkOH8COYLW&pullRequest=35
echo "blob hygiene: FATAL -- examined 0 files at '$ref'; the guard checked nothing" >&2
exit 2
fi
;;
*)
echo "usage: $0 --staged | --tree [ref]" >&2
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exit 1
fi

echo "blob hygiene: ok"
echo "blob hygiene: ok -- $examined file(s) examined, $violations violation(s)"
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