refactor: Export FollowRedirect and consolidate duplicate implementations

- Rename followRedirect to FollowRedirect in internal/beads (export it)
- Update doctor/maintenance.go to use beads.FollowRedirect
- Update doctor/fix/common.go to use beads.FollowRedirect
- Remove 66 lines of duplicated code across 3 implementations

This ensures consistent redirect handling with path canonicalization,
chain prevention, and proper error warnings.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

cmd/bd/doctor/fix/common.go

@@ -113,40 +113,7 @@ func isWithinWorkspace(root, candidate string) bool {
 
 // resolveBeadsDir follows .beads/redirect files to find the actual beads directory.
 // If no redirect exists, returns the original path unchanged.
+// This is a wrapper around beads.FollowRedirect for use within the fix package.
 func resolveBeadsDir(beadsDir string) string {
-	redirectFile := filepath.Join(beadsDir, beads.RedirectFileName)
+	return beads.FollowRedirect(beadsDir)
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(redirectFile) //nolint:gosec // redirect file path is constructed from known beadsDir
-	if err != nil {
-		// No redirect file - use original path
-		return beadsDir
-	}
-
-	// Parse the redirect target
-	target := strings.TrimSpace(string(data))
-	if target == "" {
-		return beadsDir
-	}
-
-	// Skip comments
-	lines := strings.Split(target, "\n")
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
-		if line != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
-			target = line
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Resolve relative paths from the parent of the .beads directory
-	if !filepath.IsAbs(target) {
-		projectRoot := filepath.Dir(beadsDir)
-		target = filepath.Join(projectRoot, target)
-	}
-
-	// Verify the target exists
-	if info, err := os.Stat(target); err != nil || !info.IsDir() {
-		return beadsDir
-	}
-
-	return target
 }

cmd/bd/doctor/maintenance.go

@@ -313,42 +313,9 @@ func CheckCompactionCandidates(path string) DoctorCheck {
 // resolveBeadsDir follows a redirect file if present in the beads directory.
 // This handles Gas Town's redirect mechanism where .beads/redirect points to
 // the actual beads directory location.
+// This is a wrapper around beads.FollowRedirect for use within the doctor package.
 func resolveBeadsDir(beadsDir string) string {
-	redirectFile := filepath.Join(beadsDir, "redirect")
+	return beads.FollowRedirect(beadsDir)
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(redirectFile) //nolint:gosec // redirect file path is constructed from known beadsDir
-	if err != nil {
-		// No redirect file - use original path
-		return beadsDir
-	}
-
-	// Parse the redirect target
-	target := strings.TrimSpace(string(data))
-	if target == "" {
-		return beadsDir
-	}
-
-	// Skip comments
-	lines := strings.Split(target, "\n")
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
-		if line != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
-			target = line
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Resolve relative paths from the parent of the .beads directory
-	if !filepath.IsAbs(target) {
-		projectRoot := filepath.Dir(beadsDir)
-		target = filepath.Join(projectRoot, target)
-	}
-
-	// Verify the target exists
-	if info, err := os.Stat(target); err != nil || !info.IsDir() {
-		return beadsDir
-	}
-
-	return target
 }
 
 // CheckPersistentMolIssues detects mol- prefixed issues that should have been ephemeral.

internal/beads/beads.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const RedirectFileName = "redirect"
 // LegacyDatabaseNames are old names that should be migrated
 var LegacyDatabaseNames = []string{"bd.db", "issues.db", "bugs.db"}
 
-// followRedirect checks if a .beads directory contains a redirect file and follows it.
+// FollowRedirect checks if a .beads directory contains a redirect file and follows it.
 // If a redirect file exists, it returns the target .beads directory path.
 // If no redirect exists or there's an error, it returns the original path unchanged.
 //
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var LegacyDatabaseNames = []string{"bd.db", "issues.db", "bugs.db"}
 //
 // Redirect chains are not followed - only one level of redirection is supported.
 // This prevents infinite loops and keeps the behavior predictable.
-func followRedirect(beadsDir string) string {
+func FollowRedirect(beadsDir string) string {
 	redirectFile := filepath.Join(beadsDir, RedirectFileName)
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(redirectFile)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func GetRedirectInfo() RedirectInfo {
 	}
 
 	// There's a redirect - find the target
-	targetDir := followRedirect(localBeadsDir)
+	targetDir := FollowRedirect(localBeadsDir)
 	if targetDir == localBeadsDir {
 		// Redirect file exists but failed to resolve (invalid target)
 		return info
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ func FindDatabasePath() string {
 		absBeadsDir := utils.CanonicalizePath(beadsDir)
 
 		// Follow redirect if present
-		absBeadsDir = followRedirect(absBeadsDir)
+		absBeadsDir = FollowRedirect(absBeadsDir)
 
 		// Use helper to find database (no warnings for BEADS_DIR - user explicitly set it)
 		if dbPath := findDatabaseInBeadsDir(absBeadsDir, false); dbPath != "" {
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ func FindBeadsDir() string {
 		absBeadsDir := utils.CanonicalizePath(beadsDir)
 
 		// Follow redirect if present
-		absBeadsDir = followRedirect(absBeadsDir)
+		absBeadsDir = FollowRedirect(absBeadsDir)
 
 		if info, err := os.Stat(absBeadsDir); err == nil && info.IsDir() {
 			// Validate directory contains actual project files
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ func FindBeadsDir() string {
 			beadsDir := filepath.Join(mainRepoRoot, ".beads")
 			if info, err := os.Stat(beadsDir); err == nil && info.IsDir() {
 				// Follow redirect if present
-				beadsDir = followRedirect(beadsDir)
+				beadsDir = FollowRedirect(beadsDir)
 
 				// Validate directory contains actual project files
 				if hasBeadsProjectFiles(beadsDir) {
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ func FindBeadsDir() string {
 		beadsDir := filepath.Join(dir, ".beads")
 		if info, err := os.Stat(beadsDir); err == nil && info.IsDir() {
 			// Follow redirect if present
-			beadsDir = followRedirect(beadsDir)
+			beadsDir = FollowRedirect(beadsDir)
 
 			// Validate directory contains actual project files
 			if hasBeadsProjectFiles(beadsDir) {
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ func findDatabaseInTree() string {
 			beadsDir := filepath.Join(mainRepoRoot, ".beads")
 			if info, err := os.Stat(beadsDir); err == nil && info.IsDir() {
 				// Follow redirect if present
-				beadsDir = followRedirect(beadsDir)
+				beadsDir = FollowRedirect(beadsDir)
 
 				// Use helper to find database (with warnings for auto-discovery)
 				if dbPath := findDatabaseInBeadsDir(beadsDir, true); dbPath != "" {
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func findDatabaseInTree() string {
 		beadsDir := filepath.Join(dir, ".beads")
 		if info, err := os.Stat(beadsDir); err == nil && info.IsDir() {
 			// Follow redirect if present
-			beadsDir = followRedirect(beadsDir)
+			beadsDir = FollowRedirect(beadsDir)
 
 			// Use helper to find database (with warnings for auto-discovery)
 			if dbPath := findDatabaseInBeadsDir(beadsDir, true); dbPath != "" {
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ func FindAllDatabases() []DatabaseInfo {
 		beadsDir := filepath.Join(dir, ".beads")
 		if info, err := os.Stat(beadsDir); err == nil && info.IsDir() {
 			// Follow redirect if present
-			beadsDir = followRedirect(beadsDir)
+			beadsDir = FollowRedirect(beadsDir)
 
 			// Found .beads/ directory, look for *.db files
 			matches, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(beadsDir, "*.db"))

internal/beads/beads_test.go

@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ func TestFollowRedirect(t *testing.T) {
 
 			stubDir, targetDir := tt.setupFunc(t, tmpDir)
 
-			result := followRedirect(stubDir)
+			result := FollowRedirect(stubDir)
 
 			// Resolve symlinks for comparison (macOS uses /private/var)
 			resultResolved, _ := filepath.EvalSymlinks(result)
@@ -660,11 +660,11 @@ func TestFollowRedirect(t *testing.T) {
 			if tt.expectRedirect {
 				targetResolved, _ := filepath.EvalSymlinks(targetDir)
 				if resultResolved != targetResolved {
-					t.Errorf("followRedirect() = %q, want %q", result, targetDir)
+					t.Errorf("FollowRedirect() = %q, want %q", result, targetDir)
 				}
 			} else {
 				if resultResolved != stubResolved {
-					t.Errorf("followRedirect() = %q, want original %q", result, stubDir)
+					t.Errorf("FollowRedirect() = %q, want original %q", result, stubDir)
 				}
 			}
 		})