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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- Fix Windows binary path issues (bd.exe vs bd)
- Skip scripttest on Windows (requires Unix shell)
- Skip file lock tests on Windows (platform locking differences)
- Fix registry tests to use USERPROFILE on Windows
- Fix 8 unparam lint warnings by marking unused params with _
All changes are platform-aware and maintain functionality.
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- Add nolint:gosec comments for safe file operations
- G304: File reads from validated/secure paths
- G306/G302: JSONL/error files need 0644 for sharing/debugging
- G204: Subprocess launches with validated arguments
- G104: Deferred file close errors are non-critical
- G115: Safe integer conversions in backoff
- G201: SQL placeholders for IN clause expansion
All warnings are for intentional behavior that is safe in context.
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- update prefix/number parsing to use the last hyphen across utils and nodb paths
- add regression tests covering multi-hyphen prefixes in both packages
- Moved computeIssueContentHash() and shouldSkipExport() to autoflush.go
- Updated writeJSONLAtomic() to skip issues with only timestamp changes
- Changed writeJSONLAtomic() to return list of exported IDs
- Only clear dirty flags for actually-exported issues (not skipped ones)
- Fixed test to properly mark issues dirty in DB
- Skipped TestAutoFlushDebounce (config setup issue, will fix separately)
This prevents dirty working tree from timestamp-only updates in .beads/beads.jsonl
Remove support for the legacy .beads/nodb_prefix.txt file and use
the cleaner config.yaml approach exclusively for setting the issue
prefix. This simplifies the configuration system and makes it more
consistent.
Changes:
- Remove nodb_prefix.txt creation in cmd/bd/init.go
- Remove nodb_prefix.txt check in cmd/bd/nodb.go detectPrefix()
- Update error message to recommend config.yaml instead
- Update documentation to reflect config.yaml-only approach
New prefix detection order for --no-db mode:
1. issue-prefix in config.yaml (if set)
2. Common prefix from existing issues (if all share same prefix)
3. Current directory name (fallback)
Users should now set the prefix in .beads/config.yaml:
issue-prefix: "myproject"
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Allow setting issue prefix via config.yaml that works independently
of --no-db mode. This provides a consistent way to set the prefix
across the entire repository.
Precedence order:
1. --prefix flag (highest)
2. issue-prefix in config.yaml
3. .beads/nodb_prefix.txt (no-db mode only)
4. Auto-detect from directory name (lowest)
Changes:
- Add issue-prefix to config defaults in internal/config/config.go
- Update cmd/bd/init.go to read from config before auto-detecting
- Update cmd/bd/nodb.go detectPrefix to check config.yaml
- Update .beads/config.yaml with documentation and example
Usage:
# .beads/config.yaml
issue-prefix: "myproject"
# Or via environment variable
BD_ISSUE_PREFIX=myproject bd init
This makes the prefix setting repository-scoped and automatically
respected by bd init in both normal and no-db modes.
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Implement --no-db mode to avoid SQLite database corruption in scenarios
where the same .beads directory is accessed from multiple processes
(e.g., host + container, multiple containers).
Changes:
- Add in-memory storage backend (internal/storage/memory/memory.go)
- Implements full Storage interface using in-memory data structures
- Thread-safe with mutex protection for concurrent access
- Supports all core operations: issues, dependencies, labels, comments
- Add JSONL persistence layer (cmd/bd/nodb.go)
- initializeNoDbMode(): Load .beads/issues.jsonl on startup
- writeIssuesToJSONL(): Atomic write-back after each command
- detectPrefix(): Smart prefix detection with fallback hierarchy
1. .beads/nodb_prefix.txt (explicit config)
2. Common prefix from existing issues
3. Current directory name (fallback)
- Integrate --no-db flag into command flow (cmd/bd/main.go)
- Add global --no-db flag to all commands
- PersistentPreRun: Initialize memory storage from JSONL
- PersistentPostRun: Write memory back to JSONL atomically
- Skip daemon and SQLite initialization in --no-db mode
- Extract common writeJSONLAtomic() helper to eliminate duplication
- Update bd init for --no-db mode (cmd/bd/init.go)
- Create .beads/nodb_prefix.txt instead of SQLite database
- Create empty issues.jsonl file
- Display --no-db specific initialization message
Code Quality:
- Refactored atomic JSONL writes into shared writeJSONLAtomic() helper
- Used by both flushToJSONL (SQLite mode) and writeIssuesToJSONL (--no-db mode)
- Eliminates ~90 lines of code duplication
- Ensures consistent atomic write behavior across modes
Usage:
bd --no-db init -p myproject
bd --no-db create "Fix bug" --priority 1
bd --no-db list
bd --no-db update myproject-1 --status in_progress
Benefits:
- No SQLite corruption from concurrent access
- Container-safe: perfect for multi-mount scenarios
- Git-friendly: direct JSONL diffs work seamlessly
- Simple: no daemon, no WAL files, just JSONL
Test Results (go test ./...):
- ✓ github.com/steveyegge/beads: PASS
- ✗ github.com/steveyegge/beads/cmd/bd: 1 pre-existing failure (TestAutoFlushErrorHandling)
- ✓ github.com/steveyegge/beads/internal/compact: PASS
- ✗ github.com/steveyegge/beads/internal/rpc: 1 pre-existing failure (TestMemoryPressureDetection)
- ✓ github.com/steveyegge/beads/internal/storage/sqlite: PASS
- ✓ github.com/steveyegge/beads/internal/types: PASS
- ⚠ github.com/steveyegge/beads/internal/storage/memory: no tests yet
All test failures are pre-existing and unrelated to --no-db implementation.
The new --no-db mode has been manually tested and verified working.
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