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An agent could not use -p at all: the picker is a full-screen TUI and agent
mode rejected the flag outright, so hunk granularity was out of reach exactly
where it is needed most — two logical changes in one file.

The three forms whose source is a commit (split -p, fold -p ,
fold -p zz) now list their hunks as a needs_input response and take
the answer back as --hunks , once per id, with --hunks-from .
Ids are positional, so the fingerprint covers both commits the operation
touches and the whole listing, and a mismatch is refused rather than resolved
against a diff that has since changed.

Working-tree hunks keep the old rejection: staged and unstaged entries for one
file share the numbering and it shifts as soon as anything is staged.

fold -c now rejects -p instead of silently ignoring it and moving the whole
commit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 noreply@anthropic.com

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  • New Features

    • Added non-interactive hunk selection for patch-based split and commit-based fold using repeated --hunks options.
    • Added --hunks-from fingerprint validation to prevent replaying selections from outdated diffs.
    • Agent mode now provides structured hunk listings, selectable IDs, diffs, and replay commands.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved validation and diagnostics for invalid or unselectable selections.
    • Clarified handling of binary, deleted, and filtered files.
  • Documentation

    • Updated command guides, specifications, and shell completions with workflows and patch-mode limitations.

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The CLI now supports non-interactive hunk selection for commit-based split -p and fold -p. It returns hunk listings with selectable IDs and fingerprints, then validates replayed selections. Working-tree patch folding remains rejected.

Hunk selection workflow

Layer / File(s) Summary
CLI and documented contract
src/main.rs, docs/src/commands/*, specs/*, skills/git-loom/SKILL.md, src/completions/*
Documents and parses --hunks and --hunks-from. The options require patch mode and each other.
Hunk metadata and validation
src/core/agent_mode.rs, src/core/hunk_select.rs, src/core/diff.rs, src/core/hunk_select_test.rs
Adds structured hunk items, selectable IDs, fingerprints, replay validation, and file-type rules.
Picker and command integration
src/core/staging.rs, src/fold.rs, src/split.rs, src/tui/*, src/*_test.rs
Passes picker configuration through split and fold. Agent mode lists hunks, and explicit selections bypass the interactive picker.
End-to-end selection coverage
tests/integration/test_agent.sh, tests/integration/helpers.sh
Tests listing, replay, stale fingerprints, invalid IDs, filters, quoting, file types, split constraints, working-tree rejection, and stable patch output.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Agent
  participant CLI
  participant SplitOrFold
  participant Staging
  participant HunkSelect
  Agent->>CLI: Request commit-based patch operation
  CLI->>SplitOrFold: Pass hunk IDs and fingerprint
  SplitOrFold->>Staging: Request hunk listing or application
  Staging->>HunkSelect: Build or validate selection
  HunkSelect-->>Agent: Return hunk items and fingerprint
  HunkSelect-->>Staging: Return validated entries
  Staging-->>SplitOrFold: Apply selected changes
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In `@specs/007-fold.md`:
- Line 153: Update the patch-mode paragraph to state that only the two
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In `@specs/013-split.md`:
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Comment thread specs/007-fold.md Outdated
## Patch mode (`-p`)

All forms open the interactive hunk picker and require at least one selection; otherwise error `No hunks selected`.
All forms open the interactive hunk picker and require at least one selection; otherwise error `No hunks selected`. All three forms below also accept the selection by id, which is how agent mode answers the picker (Spec 019):

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the form count in the patch-mode paragraph.

Line 153 says "All three forms below also accept the selection by id", but only two forms follow, and line 160 states that --hunks on the working-tree form errors. The count contradicts the rule below it.

📝 Proposed wording fix
-All forms open the interactive hunk picker and require at least one selection; otherwise error `No hunks selected`. All three forms below also accept the selection by id, which is how agent mode answers the picker (Spec 019):
+All forms open the interactive hunk picker and require at least one selection; otherwise error `No hunks selected`. The two commit-source forms below also accept the selection by id, which is how agent mode answers the picker (Spec 019):
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All forms open the interactive hunk picker and require at least one selection; otherwise error `No hunks selected`. All three forms below also accept the selection by id, which is how agent mode answers the picker (Spec 019):
All forms open the interactive hunk picker and require at least one selection; otherwise error `No hunks selected`. The two commit-source forms below also accept the selection by id, which is how agent mode answers the picker (Spec 019):
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In `@specs/007-fold.md` at line 153, Update the patch-mode paragraph to state that
only the two commit-source forms accept hunk selection by ID, replacing the
incorrect “all three forms” wording while preserving the interactive picker
requirement.

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```bash
git-loom split <target> [-m <message>] [-p] [<files>...]
git-loom split <target> -m <message> -p --hunks <id> [--hunks <id>...] --hunks-from <fingerprint>

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep -m optional outside agent mode.

This syntax makes -m mandatory whenever --hunks is used. The CLI accepts message: Option<String>, and the specification states that omitting -m opens the editor. Only agent mode requires -m.

Proposed correction
-git-loom split <target> -m <message> -p --hunks <id> [--hunks <id>...] --hunks-from <fingerprint>
+git-loom split <target> [-m <message>] -p --hunks <id> [--hunks <id>...] --hunks-from <fingerprint>
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git-loom split <target> -m <message> -p --hunks <id> [--hunks <id>...] --hunks-from <fingerprint>
git-loom split <target> [-m <message>] -p --hunks <id> [--hunks <id>...] --hunks-from <fingerprint>
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In `@specs/013-split.md` at line 22, Update the split command syntax in the
specification to make the -m message argument optional when using --hunks, while
preserving the editor behavior when it is omitted; only agent mode should
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Nice! That's one of the limitations I decided on with agent mode, because it was complex.

I was surprised that the deleted files were excluded, given the last commit allows them in the hunck picker. Guess Claude agrees with me. I wonder if you worked on that before the change on the hunk picker.
He also found the problem with the CI apparently.

Two HIGH findings on PR #277 (feat(agent): answer the -p hunk picker with data), both verified by building the branch and reproducing:

  1. fold refuses picked deletions in agent mode — the selectability check accepts only text hunks and submodule entries, so (file deleted) entries come back selectable: false and --hunks gone.txt:1 is rejected. That directly contradicts the commit right before it on the same branch (7d2fef7, which added WholeFileKind::Deletion so fold -p can move a deletion) and its four fold_test.rs cases. A deletion-only commit even tells the agent the operation is impossible while the interactive picker handles it fine. The claim is also baked into three docs (specs/019-agent.md, docs/src/commands/agent.md, skills/git-loom/SKILL.md).

  2. cfg(windows) quoting breaks CI and under-escapes — shell_escape::windows::escape makes three of the PR's own tests fail on the windows-latest job (882 passed, 3 failed locally), and it only escapes ", tab, newline, space — leaving &, $, |, ; bare in hints the agent is told to re-run verbatim. The agent's shell on Windows is Git Bash/PowerShell, and weave.rs:1734 already hardcodes unix::escape for exactly this reason.

Everything else checked out: the listing is genuinely pre-flight across all three forms, the fingerprint covers source oid + re-resolved target + every entry, id parsing rejects the malformed cases, and the clap requires/conflicts_with wiring holds.

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🟠 Major · Mark deleted commit entries as selectable for fold -p. · staging.rs:454

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Mark deleted commit entries as selectable for fold -p.

This synthetic deletion has no text hunk. The current selectability path therefore omits its ID from options and rejects the ID during replay when Picker.whole_files is false.

Distinguish deleted and submodule entries from binary entries. Permit the former as whole entries for fold -p. Reject only binary entries.

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In `@src/core/staging.rs` at line 454, Update the selectability and replay
validation around the synthetic diff entry using diff::DELETED_ENTRY so deleted
entries, along with submodule entries, are treated as selectable whole entries
for fold -p even without a text hunk; keep binary entries excluded and rejected
when Picker.whole_files is false.
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tests/integration/test_agent.sh (1)

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Injection

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Theoretical
CWE: CWE-78 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Add replay tests for shell metacharacters.

Keep the single-quote assertions. Replay uses a bash-like shell on Windows, and the implementation intentionally applies POSIX quoting on every platform. Add cases for paths and messages containing &, $, |, and ; to ensure each generated hint preserves the original argument vector.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@tests/integration/test_agent.sh` at line 371, Add replay test cases in the
existing assertions around split_spaced_hint_quoted for paths and messages
containing &, $, |, and ;, while retaining the single-quote cases. Verify each
generated hint preserves the original argument vector under the POSIX quoting
behavior.

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In `@src/core/staging.rs`:
- Line 454: Update the selectability and replay validation around the synthetic
diff entry using diff::DELETED_ENTRY so deleted entries, along with submodule
entries, are treated as selectable whole entries for fold -p even without a text
hunk; keep binary entries excluded and rejected when Picker.whole_files is
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- Line 371: Add replay test cases in the existing assertions around
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An agent could not use -p at all: the picker is a full-screen TUI and agent
mode rejected the flag outright, so hunk granularity was out of reach exactly
where it is needed most — two logical changes in one file.

The three forms whose source is a commit (split -p, fold -p <src> <tgt>,
fold -p <commit> zz) now list their hunks as a needs_input response and take
the answer back as --hunks <id>, once per id, with --hunks-from <fingerprint>.
Ids are positional, so the fingerprint covers both commits the operation
touches and the whole listing, and a mismatch is refused rather than resolved
against a diff that has since changed.

Working-tree hunks keep the old rejection: staged and unstaged entries for one
file share the numbering and it shifts as soon as anything is staged.

fold -c now rejects -p instead of silently ignoring it and moving the whole
commit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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