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feat(presets): support regex selectors for command declarations - #4776
This replaces the previous (much larger) version of this PR with the focused change the
maintainer asked for: regex:<pattern> support for preset command declarations only.
Everything else that had accumulated here is split out into subsequent targeted PRs; the
full earlier work is preserved on the branch feat/4659-regex-preset-selectors-full
(2aa5e892) as the source for those follow-ups.
What this does
A preset may use a bounded selector in a provides.templates entry of type command:
The selector is expanded, in declaration order, into the concrete lower-layer commands it
matches. Those concrete names then flow through the existing command resolution,
registration, composition and removal paths.
Matching is against the full logical command name only — never a path, file name or
substring — and only against commands that actually exist in the layers below (enabled
presets, enabled extensions, core, including built-in core). The declaring preset itself,
higher-priority presets and project-local overrides are not used as evidence of existence.
A literal selector string is never used as an output path, a .composed file name or a
registry key: the registry only ever sees concrete names.
A regex: name on a non-command declaration is a validation error, not a silent
no-op.
Entries without the prefix keep exact-name matching and are completely unaffected.
Diagnostics: preset info reports the commands a selector currently matches; preset resolve <name> names the declaration that matched when a layer came from a
selector.
Matching is deterministic (declaration order preserved, overlapping declarations are not
de-duplicated away) and uses the bounded matcher with its existing limits.
Scope: what is deliberately not here
Split into follow-up PRs, each based on its own point in upstream/main:
template and script selectors, and selector support on the extension side;
automatic reconciliation after provider/integration changes (see the known limitation);
historical recovery sweeps and the ownership/ledger redesign beyond the minimal guard;
the install-transaction rework, snapshot/journal machinery and CLI boundary refactors
(design/cli.md, design/shared.md).
Per the review: the ownership subsystem (ownership.py) and the related overwrite-policy
changes have been removed — they are not required to deliver command selectors and are
better handled separately. Coverage now lives in the existing surface-owned test suites, with
one new focused module for the selector engine (tests/specify_cli/presets/test_selector_engine.py).
Known limitations (please review with these in mind)
No automatic broadcast on provider change. A selector is expanded at install/enable
time and the existing reconciliation of concrete names still runs, but there is no new
mechanism that re-expands selectors when a new provider/integration appears. This is the
main user-visible limitation of the reduced scope and the reason the change is small.
Bounded regex subset. The matcher intentionally implements a bounded subset rather
than full Python regex compatibility; the limits and the rejection behaviour are covered
by tests.
Tests / evidence
The only new test module is tests/specify_cli/presets/test_selector_engine.py, the single
focused module for the selector engine (parsing and bounded matching).
Everything else is asserted in the existing surface-owned suites: test_resolver.py, test_manager_commands.py, test_manager.py, test_manager_skills.py, test_manifest.py, test_command_info.py, test_command_resolve.py.
Preset suite on this revision: 902 passed. Full suite: 12,473 passed, 98 skipped, 0 failed.
uvx ruff@0.15.0 check src tests passes; compileall and git diff --check are clean.
No tests are skipped, weakened, or marked expected-failure to reach these numbers.
Every review finding fixed in this revision has regression coverage in an existing suite that
fails before the change and passes after it, including both command-file and skill
reconciliation where the shared filter applies.
AI disclosure
Authored with AI assistance (Hermes Agent); reviewed and verified against the test suite by
a human before submission.
Added command regex selectors to normal layer resolution and composition.
Preserved all matching regex declarations in manifest order.
Fixed the invalid _selectors imports used by diagnostics.
Reused selector expansion for AI-skill registration.
Added selector-aware reconciliation for relevant preset/extension lifecycle changes.
Also added regression coverage for overlapping selectors, command composition strategies, diagnostics, AI-skill registration, and lifecycle state changes.
All previous Copilot review findings have been addressed and the updated test suite is passing. The latest Copilot re-review appears to have failed due to a review error, so the PR is ready for another review when convenient.
Stale artifacts remain when selectors lose all matches
src/specify_cli/extensions/_commands.py:121
This refresh runs only after the extension state has changed, so a selector whose sole lower layer was disabled or removed now expands to nothing. register_enabled_presets_for_agent() never sees the previously materialized concrete name, and its reconciler also skips names with no remaining layers, leaving the old command/SKILL artifact active. Capture the pre-mutation matches (or persisted registrations), reconcile the union with post-mutation matches, and explicitly unregister names that no longer resolve.
Selector diagnostics and expansion run after the preset directory and registry entry are created but before the existing rollback guard. _expand_command_selectors() deliberately raises when artifact enumeration fails, so such a failure leaves an enabled, partially installed preset behind. Move both calls into the guarded installation phase so the established cleanup executes.
Re-enumeration causes false failure after registration
src/specify_cli/presets/_manager.py:507
This repeats artifact enumeration outside the transactional registration block. If inventory changes or becomes unreadable after registration, the command reports installation failure even though the preset and artifacts are already committed. Reuse the concrete command_templates computed for registration.
@mnriem I've addressed the latest Copilot feedback in commit 1ce59c1, including the disabled-extension fallback, include_disabled handling, stale selector tracking/cleanup, and install rollback coverage.
When convenient, could you please re-request the Copilot review? Thanks!
Do not suppress warnings for unusable exact fallbacks
src/specify_cli/presets/_manager.py:525
An unusable exact declaration currently suppresses the unmatched-selector warning. If regex:^new$ has no lower match and the same preset declares exact new with a missing payload, expansion retains the exact entry, this predicate succeeds, but no command is registered. Preserve the intentional suppression only when the exact fallback is usable.
Require an effective replace base for selector eligibility
src/specify_cli/presets/_resolver.py:630
This existence check treats any file-backed lower declaration as a concrete command, regardless of its strategy. A lower preset containing only append/prepend/wrap for a name and no replace base cannot produce that command (resolve_content returns None), yet it makes an upper replace selector eligible, allowing the selector to create a name that did not actually exist below. Determine eligibility from a lower stack that has an effective replace base, and add a negative case for a composition-only lower declaration.
Clarify hard validation behavior for preset info
docs/reference/presets.md:364
This says only installation fails hard, but preset info explicitly revalidates an installed unreadable manifest and exits with status 1 (command_info.py:69-81, covered by test_persisted_unsafe_manifest_is_bounded). Clarify that normal resolution warns and ignores the preset, while installation and preset info surface a hard validation error.
Update test evidence to reflect suites in this revision
The PR's Tests / evidence section cites five selector test modules that are not present in this revision (test_regex_selectors.py, test_selector_safety.py, test_selector_resolution_contract.py, test_resolver_candidates.py, and test_regex_selector_diagnostics.py). Update the evidence to name the actual suites in this diff and report results from the current revision so reviewers can reproduce the claimed coverage.
Please address the open finding and all four previously missed findings from the latest Copilot review. They are within the reduced scope of this PR:
Filter declarations with missing or unusable payloads before calculating both current selector matches and the matches persisted after reconciliation. When an existing refresh path runs, a retired selector artifact must not remain merely because an unusable same-name declaration exists.
Suppress an unmatched-selector warning only when the same preset provides a usable exact fallback. An exact declaration whose payload is missing does not satisfy the command.
Require selector eligibility to be backed by an effective lower resolution stack containing a usable replace base. A lower stack containing only append, prepend, or wrap declarations must not allow a selector to create the command name.
Update the documentation to explain that normal resolution warns and ignores an unsafe persisted manifest, while installation and preset info surface hard validation errors.
Replace the stale Tests / evidence section with the actual test modules and exact results from the current revision. The description should also acknowledge the one new focused test_selector_engine.py module rather than saying that no new test modules were added.
Please add focused regression coverage in the existing surface-owned suites for the first three behavioral findings, including both command-file and skill reconciliation where the shared behavior applies. Keep the implementation limited to correctness when the existing reconciliation paths run; this does not require adding the explicitly deferred provider-change broadcast or historical recovery machinery.
… ones
- Selector reconciliation filters unusable declarations before computing the
current and tracked match sets. A declaration whose payload has disappeared
materializes nothing, so treating it as current left a previously materialized
selector command (or skill) on disk after the selector lost its provider and its
exact fallback pointed at a missing file.
- The unmatched-selector warning is suppressed only by a usable exact fallback: a
declared-but-missing payload registers nothing, so staying silent about the
unmatched selector would hide that nothing was written.
- Selector eligibility requires an effective `replace` base below. A lower layer
that only composes (append/prepend/wrap) cannot produce the command
(`resolve_content` returns None), so it no longer makes an upper `replace`
selector eligible and cannot let a selector create a name that never existed
below. Undeclared conventional files, legacy extension namespace files and core
resources still count as bases, matching the existing resolution behaviour.
- Documented that normal resolution warns and ignores an unusable selector while
installation and `preset info` surface the hard validation error.
Regression coverage lives in the existing surface-owned suites (`test_resolver.py`,
`test_manager_commands.py`) and covers both reconciliation paths: the shared filter is
asserted for command files and for skills in the same test. All three new tests fail
before the change and pass after it.
AI disclosure: authored with AI assistance (Hermes Agent); reviewed and verified
by a human against the test suite.
All five items from your latest review are addressed in 52bcc33:
Reconciliation filter — declarations whose payload has disappeared are filtered before both the current and the persisted match sets are computed, so a retired selector artifact cannot survive merely because an unusable same-name declaration exists. The regression test asserts this for command files and for skills, since both reconciliation paths share the filter.
Warning suppression — the unmatched-selector warning is suppressed only by a usable exact fallback; a declared-but-missing payload registers nothing, so the warning is emitted.
Eligibility — selector eligibility now requires an effective lower resolution stack with a usable replace base. A lower stack containing only append/prepend/wrap no longer lets a selector create the command name, while undeclared conventional files, legacy extension namespace files and core resources still count as bases, so existing resolution behaviour is unchanged.
Documentation — now states that normal resolution warns and ignores an unsafe persisted manifest, while installation and preset info surface hard validation errors (status 1).
Tests / evidence — the description now names the suites actually present in this revision, acknowledges the single new focused test_selector_engine.py module, and reports the current numbers: preset suite 879 passed; full suite 12,450 passed, 0 failed.
Each of the first three behavioural findings has regression coverage in an existing suite that fails before the change and passes after it. The implementation stays limited to correctness, with no redesign of the areas already resolved in earlier rounds.
The workflow runs need approving again after this push.
For overlapping declarations, the composition loop can synthesize .composed/<name>.md for a declaration whose own payload is missing merely because another declaration from the same preset is the top layer. This first-wins dedup then selects that unusable declaration and registers its aliases; later reconciliation writes the usable declaration but never removes those selector-only alias files. Only compose when the top layer path equals the current declaration's payload, or retain the original payload usability when choosing the winner.
This unconditionally switches a dotless name to the command surface whenever a command exists, even if a template with the same name also resolves. Previously preset resolve foo always inspected the template, so adding selector diagnostics makes existing exact-template diagnostics silently show an unrelated command instead, contrary to the stated exact-name compatibility. Keep template precedence and fall back to command only when no template layer exists (or expose an explicit type selector).
…ith resolution
- Expansion now applies the same eligibility rule as resolution: a candidate name
counts only when the lower stack has an effective `replace` base. A lower
command declared only with append/prepend/wrap no longer appears in `preset
info`, suppresses the unmatched warning, or is tracked as a selector match.
- Replace-base detection requires a *usable* declaration: it goes through the
same declaration lookup as eligibility, so an ineligible middle selector is no
longer reported as a base for an upper selector, and the conventional fallback
is suppressed when the manifest declares the command through a selector. The
lookups stay bounded to layers strictly below the one being evaluated, so the
recursive check terminates.
- Pre-composition and reconciliation only write `.composed` content when the top
layer is the declaration's own payload, so an unusable declaration can no
longer be selected by first-wins deduplication and leave selector-only alias
files behind.
- `preset resolve` keeps exact-template precedence for dotless names and only
falls back to the command surface when no template layer exists, restoring the
previous exact-template diagnostics while keeping selector attribution for
command-only names.
Regression coverage in the existing surface-owned suites; every new case fails
before the change and passes after it.
AI disclosure: authored with AI assistance (Hermes Agent); reviewed and verified
by a human against the test suite.
All four findings from the latest review are addressed in b906e1c:
Expansion eligibility — expansion now applies the same rule as resolution: a candidate name counts only when the lower stack has an effective replace base, so a lower command declared only with append/prepend/wrap no longer shows up in preset info, no longer suppresses the unmatched warning, and is no longer tracked as a selector match.
Replace-base usability — the replace base is now determined through the same declaration lookup as eligibility, so an ineligible middle selector can no longer serve as the base for an upper selector, and the conventional fallback is suppressed when the manifest declares the command through a selector (which is exactly the trap case in the finding). The lookups are bounded to layers strictly below the one being evaluated, so the recursive check terminates: a nine-preset chain resolves in ~3 ms.
Composition aliases — pre-composition and reconciliation now write .composed content only when the top layer is the declaration's own payload, so an unusable declaration can no longer win the first-wins deduplication and leave selector-only alias files behind.
preset resolve precedence — exact-template precedence is preserved for dotless names; the command surface is used only when no template layer exists. Both directions are covered by a parametrised test (template present → template wins; absent → selector attribution still shown).
Coverage lives in the existing surface-owned suites and every new case fails before the change and passes after it. Preset suite: 890 passed; full suite: 12,461 passed / 0 failed. I also checked that the three non-target resolution scenarios (exact declaration, selector over core, composition) produce byte-identical results before and after this change.
The workflow runs need approving again after this push.
Removal must include persisted selector_commands, not just current expansion. A disabled selector-only preset is absent from the enabled priority list, so re-expansion returns no names. In Copilot AI-skills mode, registered_commands is also empty. Removing that preset then restores core/extension skills but skips reconciliation with a surviving lower preset because removed_cmd_names is empty. Include the recorded concrete selector names before removal, and cover disabling then removing a selector over a lower preset in AI-skills mode.
AI disclosure: Generated by GitHub Copilot in automated review mode.
- The replace-base lookup inspects usable exact declarations directly instead of
recursively evaluating selectors, which rescan the same suffixes. Twelve
selector presets over one exact base drop from 20,452 declaration evaluations
(545 ms) to 157 (6 ms), and every exact declaration is considered, not only the
first; a multi-preset complexity regression pins that.
- Base strategies are now calculated by one shared, frontmatter-aware helper that
layer collection also uses: an explicit manifest strategy still wins, but a
payload declaring `strategy: append` (declared or conventional) no longer counts
as replace content, so it cannot back an upper selector's eligibility.
- Removal unions the concrete selector names persisted in the registry with the
current expansion, so a disabled selector-only preset is still reconciled
against a surviving lower preset when removed in AI-skills mode.
Regression coverage in the existing surface-owned suites; every new case fails
before the change and passes after it.
AI disclosure: authored with AI assistance (Hermes Agent); reviewed and verified
by a human against the test suite.
Hi — all three findings are fixed in 87a5907: the replace-base lookup no longer recurses through selectors (12 selector presets: 20,452 → 157 declaration evaluations, pinned by a regression), base strategy now uses one shared frontmatter-aware helper so a payload's strategy: append no longer counts as replace content, and removal unions the persisted selector names so a disabled preset is still reconciled in AI-skills mode.
Preset suite 896 passed, full suite 12,467 passed / 0 failed, and the non-target resolution scenarios are byte-identical before and after.
Thanks again for the careful review — the workflow runs need approving again after this push.
When a selector wins N commands, _reconcile_composed_commands() calls this expansion inside its per-command loop (lines 1242 and 1375), rebuilding the full artifact inventory for each command. ArtifactCatalog.list_artifacts() resolves every candidate, reads descriptions, and collects hooks, so reconciliation performs N full-project scans rather than one; the inventory work grows quadratically when the matched commands dominate the inventory. Cache expanded declarations per preset within the reconciliation operation and reuse them in both branches. Add a regression test that counts inventory scans while reconciling multiple matches.
…ciliation
`_reconcile_composed_commands()` called `_expand_command_selectors()` inside its
per-command loop, rebuilding the full artifact inventory once per matched command.
For a selector matching N commands that is N full-project scans (quadratic when the
matches dominate the inventory). The expansion is now cached per preset for the
duration of one reconciliation operation and shared by both branches.
Measured on a selector matching 2 and 4 lower commands (replace, append and mixed
strategies): inventory scans per reconciliation drop from 2/4 to 1/1, while the
reconciled result and the written content are unchanged. A regression test counts
`ArtifactCatalog.list_artifacts` calls and asserts exactly one scan per
reconciliation regardless of the number of matches.
AI disclosure: authored with AI assistance (Hermes Agent); reviewed and verified
by a human against the test suite.
Done — that one is fixed in fc1260c: the expansion is now computed once per preset for the duration of a reconciliation and shared by both branches. Measured with a selector matching 2 and 4 lower commands, inventory scans per reconciliation drop from 2/4 to 1/1 with the output unchanged, and a regression test counts ArtifactCatalog.list_artifacts calls and asserts exactly one scan regardless of matches. Preset suite 902 passed, full suite 12,473 passed / 0 failed.
The test switched the process cwd into its temporary project directory and relied
on monkeypatch to restore it during teardown. pytest's temporary-directory cleanup
could then run while the cwd was still inside that directory, which Windows refuses
to delete (`WinError 32`), failing the Windows jobs while ubuntu and macOS passed.
The cwd is now restored in a `finally` block before the test returns; all ten
assertions are byte-identical to before. Verified end to end: after the test
session the process cwd is the repository root, not the temporary project.
AI disclosure: authored with AI assistance (Hermes Agent); reviewed and verified
by a human against the test suite.
Pushed 2f0cfc4 — it fixes the Windows-only CI failure: the test switched the process cwd into its temporary project directory and relied on teardown to restore it, so pytest's temp cleanup could run with the cwd still inside it, which Windows refuses (WinError 32). The cwd is now restored in a finally block before the test returns; all ten assertions are unchanged and no production code was touched. Verified locally that the cwd is the repository root after the session.
The workflow runs need approving again after this push — thanks!
@lmtyy I do not like what I am going to do with this one. I am going to close this PR out and rework the associated filed issue as it is clear to me the scope of changes is too large. Thank you for the attempt to deliver this. I will need to rescope the issue and determine the best course of action forward
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feat(presets): support regex selectors for command declarations
Closes #4659.
This replaces the previous (much larger) version of this PR with the focused change the
maintainer asked for:
regex:<pattern>support for preset command declarations only.Everything else that had accumulated here is split out into subsequent targeted PRs; the
full earlier work is preserved on the branch
feat/4659-regex-preset-selectors-full(
2aa5e892) as the source for those follow-ups.What this does
A preset may use a bounded selector in a
provides.templatesentry of typecommand:matches. Those concrete names then flow through the existing command resolution,
registration, composition and removal paths.
substring — and only against commands that actually exist in the layers below (enabled
presets, enabled extensions, core, including built-in core). The declaring preset itself,
higher-priority presets and project-local overrides are not used as evidence of existence.
.composedfile name or aregistry key: the registry only ever sees concrete names.
regex:name on a non-commanddeclaration is a validation error, not a silentno-op.
preset inforeports the commands a selector currently matches;preset resolve <name>names the declaration that matched when a layer came from aselector.
de-duplicated away) and uses the bounded matcher with its existing limits.
Scope: what is deliberately not here
Split into follow-up PRs, each based on its own point in
upstream/main:(
design/cli.md,design/shared.md).Per the review: the ownership subsystem (
ownership.py) and the related overwrite-policychanges have been removed — they are not required to deliver command selectors and are
better handled separately. Coverage now lives in the existing surface-owned test suites, with
one new focused module for the selector engine (
tests/specify_cli/presets/test_selector_engine.py).Known limitations (please review with these in mind)
time and the existing reconciliation of concrete names still runs, but there is no new
mechanism that re-expands selectors when a new provider/integration appears. This is the
main user-visible limitation of the reduced scope and the reason the change is small.
than full Python regex compatibility; the limits and the rejection behaviour are covered
by tests.
Tests / evidence
tests/specify_cli/presets/test_selector_engine.py, the singlefocused module for the selector engine (parsing and bounded matching).
test_resolver.py,test_manager_commands.py,test_manager.py,test_manager_skills.py,test_manifest.py,test_command_info.py,test_command_resolve.py.uvx ruff@0.15.0 check src testspasses;compileallandgit diff --checkare clean.fails before the change and passes after it, including both command-file and skill
reconciliation where the shared filter applies.
AI disclosure
Authored with AI assistance (Hermes Agent); reviewed and verified against the test suite by
a human before submission.