Enforce canonical database naming (beads.db) - bd-165

- Added CanonicalDatabaseName constant (beads.db) and LegacyDatabaseNames list
- Updated bd init to use canonical name via constant
- Added daemon validation to reject non-canonical database names
- Updated bd migrate to use canonical name constant
- Enhanced FindDatabasePath to warn when using legacy database names
- All database discovery now prefers beads.db with backward compatibility

Closes bd-165

beads.go

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/steveyegge/beads/internal/types"
 )
 
+// CanonicalDatabaseName is the required database filename for all beads repositories
+const CanonicalDatabaseName = "beads.db"
+
+// LegacyDatabaseNames are old names that should be migrated
+var LegacyDatabaseNames = []string{"bd.db", "issues.db", "bugs.db"}
+
 // Issue represents a tracked work item with metadata, dependencies, and status.
 type (
 	Issue = types.Issue
@@ -184,38 +190,53 @@ func findDatabaseInTree() string {
 			}
 
 			// Fall back to canonical beads.db for backward compatibility
-			canonicalDB := filepath.Join(beadsDir, "beads.db")
+			canonicalDB := filepath.Join(beadsDir, CanonicalDatabaseName)
 			if _, err := os.Stat(canonicalDB); err == nil {
-				return canonicalDB
+			return canonicalDB
 			}
 
 			// Found .beads/ directory, look for *.db files
 			matches, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(beadsDir, "*.db"))
 			if err == nil && len(matches) > 0 {
-				// Filter out backup files
-				var validDBs []string
-				for _, match := range matches {
-					baseName := filepath.Base(match)
-					// Skip backup files (e.g., beads.db.backup, bd.db.backup)
-					if filepath.Ext(baseName) != ".backup" {
-						validDBs = append(validDBs, match)
-					}
-				}
-
-				if len(validDBs) > 1 {
-					// Multiple databases found - this is ambiguous
-					// Print error to stderr but return the first one for backward compatibility
-					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Warning: Multiple database files found in %s:\n", beadsDir)
-					for _, db := range validDBs {
-						fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "  - %s\n", filepath.Base(db))
-					}
-					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Run 'bd init' to migrate to beads.db or manually remove old databases.\n\n")
-				}
-
-				if len(validDBs) > 0 {
-					return validDBs[0]
-				}
+			// Filter out backup files
+			var validDBs []string
+			for _, match := range matches {
+			baseName := filepath.Base(match)
+			// Skip backup files (e.g., beads.db.backup, bd.db.backup)
+			if filepath.Ext(baseName) != ".backup" {
+			validDBs = append(validDBs, match)
 			}
+			}
+
+			if len(validDBs) > 1 {
+			// Multiple databases found - this is ambiguous
+			// Print error to stderr but return the first one for backward compatibility
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Warning: Multiple database files found in %s:\n", beadsDir)
+			for _, db := range validDBs {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "  - %s\n", filepath.Base(db))
+			}
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Run 'bd init' to migrate to %s or manually remove old databases.\n\n", CanonicalDatabaseName)
+			}
+
+			if len(validDBs) > 0 {
+			// Check if using legacy name and warn
+			 dbName := filepath.Base(validDBs[0])
+			  if dbName != CanonicalDatabaseName {
+					isLegacy := false
+					for _, legacy := range LegacyDatabaseNames {
+						if dbName == legacy {
+							isLegacy = true
+							break
+						}
+					}
+					if isLegacy {
+						fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "WARNING: Using legacy database name: %s\n", dbName)
+						fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Run 'bd migrate' to upgrade to canonical name: %s\n\n", CanonicalDatabaseName)
+					}
+				}
+				return validDBs[0]
+			}
+		}
 		}
 
 		// Move up one directory

cmd/bd/daemon.go

@@ -1162,11 +1162,23 @@ func runDaemonLoop(interval time.Duration, autoCommit, autoPush bool, logPath, p
 			for _, db := range validDBs {
 				log.log("  - %s", filepath.Base(db))
 			}
-			log.log("Run 'bd init' to migrate to beads.db or manually remove old databases")
+			log.log("")
+			log.log("Beads requires a single canonical database: %s", beads.CanonicalDatabaseName)
+			log.log("Run 'bd init' to migrate legacy databases")
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Validate using canonical name
+	dbBaseName := filepath.Base(daemonDBPath)
+	if dbBaseName != beads.CanonicalDatabaseName {
+		log.log("Error: Non-canonical database name: %s", dbBaseName)
+		log.log("Expected: %s", beads.CanonicalDatabaseName)
+		log.log("")
+		log.log("Run 'bd init' to migrate to canonical name")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	log.log("Using database: %s", daemonDBPath)
 
 	store, err := sqlite.New(daemonDBPath)

cmd/bd/init.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/steveyegge/beads"
 	"github.com/steveyegge/beads/internal/configfile"
 	"github.com/steveyegge/beads/internal/storage/sqlite"
 )
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ and database file. Optionally specify a custom issue prefix.`,
 		// Use global dbPath if set via --db flag or BEADS_DB env var, otherwise default to .beads/beads.db
 		initDBPath := dbPath
 		if initDBPath == "" {
-		initDBPath = filepath.Join(".beads", "beads.db")
+		initDBPath = filepath.Join(".beads", beads.CanonicalDatabaseName)
 		}
 
 		// Migrate old database files if they exist

cmd/bd/migrate.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/steveyegge/beads"
 	"github.com/steveyegge/beads/internal/storage/sqlite"
 	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ This command:
 		}
 
 		// Check if beads.db exists and is current
-		targetPath := filepath.Join(beadsDir, "beads.db")
+		targetPath := filepath.Join(beadsDir, beads.CanonicalDatabaseName)
 		var currentDB *dbInfo
 		var oldDBs []*dbInfo
 
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ This command:
 		if jsonOutput {
 			outputJSON(map[string]interface{}{
 				"status":           "success",
-				"current_database": "beads.db",
+				"current_database": beads.CanonicalDatabaseName,
 				"version":          Version,
 				"migrated":         needsMigration,
 				"version_updated":  needsVersionUpdate,