When beads is redirected (e.g., in Gas Town crew clones), bd prime now
shows a notice about the redirect. This helps agents understand why
they share issues with other clones.
CLI mode shows:
> ⚠️ **Redirected**: Local .beads → /path/to/target/.beads
> You share issues with other clones using this redirect.
MCP mode shows:
**Note**: Beads redirected to /path/to/target/.beads (shared with other clones)
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Conditional bonds now work as documented: "B runs only if A fails".
Implementation:
- Add DepConditionalBlocks dependency type to types.go
- Add IsFailureClose() helper to detect failure keywords in close_reason
- Update blocked cache to handle conditional-blocks:
- B is blocked while A is open
- B stays blocked if A closes with success
- B becomes unblocked if A closes with failure
Failure keywords: failed, rejected, wontfix, cancelled, abandoned,
blocked, error, timeout, aborted (case-insensitive)
Updated bondProtoProto, bondProtoMol, bondMolMol to use
DepConditionalBlocks for conditional bond type.
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Add 'deferred' as a valid issue status for issues that are deliberately
put on ice - not blocked by dependencies, just postponed for later.
Changes:
- Add StatusDeferred constant and update IsValid() validation
- Add DeferredIssues to Statistics struct with counting in both SQLite
and memory storage
- Add 'bd defer' command to set status to deferred
- Add 'bd undefer' command to restore status to open
- Update help text across list, search, count, dep, stale, and config
- Update MCP server models and tools to accept deferred status
- Add deferred to blocker status checks (schema, cache, ready, compact)
- Add StatusDeferred to public API exports (beads.go, internal/beads)
- Add snowflake styling for deferred in dep tree and graph views
Semantics:
- deferred vs blocked: deferred is a choice, blocked is forced
- deferred vs closed: deferred will be revisited, closed is done
- Deferred issues excluded from 'bd ready' (already works since
default filter only includes open/in_progress)
- Deferred issues still block dependents (they are not done!)
- Deferred issues visible in 'bd list' and 'bd stale'
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Add Transaction type alias to both internal/beads and public beads packages.
This allows extensions like VC to use RunInTransaction() with the proper
Transaction interface type for atomic issue creation.
bd-m73k
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Complete implementation of signal-aware context propagation for graceful
cancellation across all commands and storage operations.
Key changes:
1. Signal-aware contexts (bd-rtp):
- Added rootCtx/rootCancel in main.go using signal.NotifyContext()
- Set up in PersistentPreRun, cancelled in PersistentPostRun
- Daemon uses same pattern in runDaemonLoop()
- Handles SIGINT/SIGTERM for graceful shutdown
2. Context propagation (bd-yb8):
- All commands now use rootCtx instead of context.Background()
- sqlite.New() receives context for cancellable operations
- Database operations respect context cancellation
- Storage layer propagates context through all queries
3. Cancellation tests (bd-2o2):
- Added import_cancellation_test.go with comprehensive tests
- Added export cancellation test in export_test.go
- Tests verify database integrity after cancellation
- All cancellation tests passing
Fixes applied during review:
- Fixed rootCtx lifecycle (removed premature defer from PersistentPreRun)
- Fixed test context contamination (reset rootCtx in test cleanup)
- Fixed export tests missing context setup
Impact:
- Pressing Ctrl+C during import/export now cancels gracefully
- No database corruption or hanging transactions
- Clean shutdown of all operations
Tested:
- go build ./cmd/bd ✓
- go test ./cmd/bd -run TestImportCancellation ✓
- go test ./cmd/bd -run TestExportCommand ✓
- Manual Ctrl+C testing verified
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Created root-level beads.go that re-exports types and functions from
internal packages. This allows external projects (like VC) to import
from github.com/steveyegge/beads without violating Go's internal
package restrictions.
Exports:
- Storage interface and NewSQLiteStorage()
- Core types (Issue, Dependency, Label, etc.)
- Filter types (IssueFilter, WorkFilter)
- All relevant constants (Status, IssueType, DependencyType, etc.)
This matches the usage shown in docs/EXTENDING.md.
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Resolve symlinks in working directory before walking up the tree
to find .beads directory. This ensures consistent path handling
when repositories are accessed via symlinks.
Without this fix, daemon operations can fail with 'operation not
permitted' errors when trying to export to JSONL, because the
daemon resolves paths differently than the CLI commands.
Example issue: /Users/user/Code -> /Users/user/Documents/Code
The daemon would try to write to the symlinked path while the
file system expects operations on the resolved path.
Extracts duplicated path canonicalization logic (filepath.Abs + EvalSymlinks)
into a reusable helper function utils.CanonicalizePath() in internal/utils/path.go.
Changes:
- Add internal/utils/path.go with CanonicalizePath() function
- Add comprehensive tests in internal/utils/path_test.go
- Replace inline canonicalization in beads.go:131-140
- Replace inline canonicalization in cmd/bd/main.go:446-454
- Replace inline canonicalization in cmd/bd/nodb.go:25-33
The new helper maintains identical behavior:
1. Converts path to absolute form via filepath.Abs
2. Resolves symlinks via filepath.EvalSymlinks
3. Falls back gracefully on errors (returns absPath if EvalSymlinks fails,
returns original path if Abs fails)
Fixes bd-efe8
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Add BEADS_DIR as a replacement for BEADS_DB to point to the .beads
directory instead of the database file directly.
Rationale:
- With --no-db mode, there's no .db file to point to
- The .beads directory is the logical unit (contains config.yaml, db
files, jsonl files)
- More intuitive: point to the beads directory not the database file
Implementation:
- Add BEADS_DIR environment variable support to FindDatabasePath()
- Priority order: BEADS_DIR > BEADS_DB > auto-discovery
- Maintain backward compatibility with BEADS_DB (now deprecated)
- Update --no-db mode to respect BEADS_DIR
- Update MCP integration (config.py, bd_client.py)
- Update documentation to show BEADS_DIR as preferred method
Testing:
- Backward compatibility: BEADS_DB still works
- BEADS_DIR works with regular database mode
- BEADS_DIR works with --no-db mode
- Priority: BEADS_DIR takes precedence over BEADS_DB
Follow-up issues for refactoring:
- bd-efe8: Refactor path canonicalization into helper function
- bd-c362: Extract database search logic into helper function
Closes bd-e16b
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- Changed backup file filtering from checking file extension (.backup) to checking if filename contains '.backup'
- This now properly filters files like 'beads.backup-pre-hash-20251030-171258.db'
- Also exclude vc.db from database detection
- Add strings import to beads.go
- Improve error message to suggest manual removal
Fixes bd-373c
- 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
- Create internal/configfile package for config.json handling
- bd init now creates .beads/config.json with database, version, and jsonl_export fields
- Database discovery checks config.json first, falls back to beads.db
- Update .gitignore to not ignore config.json (part of repo state)
- Update test to expect beads.db and config.json
- Backward compatible with existing beads.db-only setups
- Changed bd init to always create beads.db instead of {prefix}.db
- Added migration logic to detect and rename old databases
- Updated findDatabaseInTree to prefer beads.db and warn on multiple .db files
- Daemon now refuses to start if multiple .db files exist (ambiguity error)
- Updated tests to expect beads.db instead of prefix-based naming
- Tested migration, ambiguity detection, and warning messages
Export SortPolicy from beads package so external tools (like VC)
can use the sort policy constants without importing internal packages.
Added:
- SortPolicy type alias
- SortPolicyHybrid, SortPolicyPriority, SortPolicyOldest constants
This completes the sort policy feature for external consumers.
- Implement FindAllDatabases() to scan hierarchy for all .beads directories
- Add DatabaseInfo struct with path, beads dir, and issue count
- Add warnMultipleDatabases() with formatted warning display
- Show active database with ▶ marker and issue counts
- Add comprehensive tests for multi-database detection
- Document warning and solutions in TROUBLESHOOTING.md
- Prevent confusion and database pollution from accidental duplicates
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Expose full Storage interface and all types through public beads.go API,
enabling external Go projects (like VC) to import Beads directly instead
of spawning CLI processes.
Changes:
- Expanded beads.go with all public types (Issue, Dependency, Comment, etc.)
- Added all constants (Status, IssueType, DependencyType, EventType)
- Created comprehensive integration tests (beads_integration_test.go)
- Added library usage example at examples/library-usage/
- Documented library integration in README.md
Test coverage: 96.4% on public API, 14 integration tests, all passing.
Closes bd-58, bd-59
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- Remove ~/.beads/default.db fallback from FindDatabasePath()
- Update daemon to error if no database found instead of falling back
- Update main.go to require explicit database initialization
- Add help/version/quickstart to commands that don't need database
- Add MCP client debug logging for database routing
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* deps: run go mod tidy
* beads: Add public Go API for bd extensions
Implements a minimal public API to enable Go-based extensions without
exposing internal packages:
**New beads.go package:**
- Exports essential types: Issue, Status, IssueType, WorkFilter
- Provides status and issue type constants
- Exposes NewSQLiteStorage() as main entry point for extensions
- Includes comprehensive package documentation
**Updated EXTENDING.md:**
- Replaced internal package imports with public beads package
- Updated function calls to use new public API
- Changed sqlite.New() to beads.NewSQLiteStorage()
- Updated GetReady() to GetReadyWork() with WorkFilter
This enables clean Go-based orchestration extensions while maintaining
API stability and hiding internal implementation details.
* beads: Refine Go extensions API and documentation
Updates to the public Go API implementation following initial commit:
- Enhanced beads.go with refined extension interface
- Updated EXTENDING.md with clearer documentation
- Modified cmd/bd/main.go to support extension loading
Continues work on enabling Go-based bd extensions.
* Fix EXTENDING.md to use beads.WorkFilter instead of types.WorkFilter
The public API exports WorkFilter as beads.WorkFilter, not types.WorkFilter.
This fixes the code example to match the imports shown.
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Co-authored-by: Steve Yegge <steve.yegge@gmail.com>
