Merge bd-xoyh-morsov: GH#517

internal/syncbranch/worktree.go

@@ -1061,3 +1061,25 @@ func HasGitRemote(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	}
 	return len(strings.TrimSpace(string(output))) > 0
 }
+
+// GetCurrentBranch returns the name of the current git branch
+func GetCurrentBranch(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "git", "symbolic-ref", "--short", "HEAD")
+	output, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get current branch: %w", err)
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), nil
+}
+
+// IsSyncBranchSameAsCurrent returns true if the sync branch is the same as the current branch.
+// This is used to detect the case where we can't use a worktree because the branch is already
+// checked out. In this case, we should commit directly to the current branch instead.
+// See: https://github.com/steveyegge/beads/issues/519
+func IsSyncBranchSameAsCurrent(ctx context.Context, syncBranch string) bool {
+	currentBranch, err := GetCurrentBranch(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return currentBranch == syncBranch
+}

internal/syncbranch/worktree_divergence_test.go

@@ -683,3 +683,70 @@ func TestCountIssuesInContent(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestIsSyncBranchSameAsCurrent tests detection of sync.branch == current branch (GH#519)
+func TestIsSyncBranchSameAsCurrent(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping integration test in short mode")
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	t.Run("returns true when sync branch equals current branch", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repoDir := setupTestRepo(t)
+		defer os.RemoveAll(repoDir)
+
+		// Create initial commit so we can get current branch
+		writeFile(t, filepath.Join(repoDir, ".beads", "issues.jsonl"), `{"id":"test-1"}`)
+		runGit(t, repoDir, "add", ".")
+		runGit(t, repoDir, "commit", "-m", "initial commit")
+
+		// Get current branch name
+		currentBranch := strings.TrimSpace(getGitOutput(t, repoDir, "symbolic-ref", "--short", "HEAD"))
+
+		// Save original dir and change to test repo
+		origDir, _ := os.Getwd()
+		os.Chdir(repoDir)
+		defer os.Chdir(origDir)
+
+		// Should return true when sync branch == current branch
+		if !IsSyncBranchSameAsCurrent(ctx, currentBranch) {
+			t.Errorf("IsSyncBranchSameAsCurrent(%q) = false, want true", currentBranch)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns false when sync branch differs from current branch", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repoDir := setupTestRepo(t)
+		defer os.RemoveAll(repoDir)
+
+		// Create initial commit
+		writeFile(t, filepath.Join(repoDir, ".beads", "issues.jsonl"), `{"id":"test-1"}`)
+		runGit(t, repoDir, "add", ".")
+		runGit(t, repoDir, "commit", "-m", "initial commit")
+
+		// Save original dir and change to test repo
+		origDir, _ := os.Getwd()
+		os.Chdir(repoDir)
+		defer os.Chdir(origDir)
+
+		// Should return false when sync branch != current branch
+		if IsSyncBranchSameAsCurrent(ctx, "beads-sync") {
+			t.Error("IsSyncBranchSameAsCurrent(\"beads-sync\") = true, want false")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns false on error getting current branch", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Test in a non-git directory
+		tmpDir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "non-git-*")
+		defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
+		origDir, _ := os.Getwd()
+		os.Chdir(tmpDir)
+		defer os.Chdir(origDir)
+
+		// Should return false when not in a git repo
+		if IsSyncBranchSameAsCurrent(ctx, "any-branch") {
+			t.Error("IsSyncBranchSameAsCurrent in non-git dir = true, want false")
+		}
+	})
+}

internal/validation/bead.go

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func ParseIssueType(content string) (types.IssueType, error) {
 func ValidatePriority(priorityStr string) (int, error) {
 	priority := ParsePriority(priorityStr)
 	if priority == -1 {
-		return -1, fmt.Errorf("invalid priority %q (expected 0-4 or P0-P4)", priorityStr)
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("invalid priority %q (expected 0-4 or P0-P4, not words like high/medium/low)", priorityStr)
 	}
 	return priority, nil
 }