Adds --foreground flag to 'bd daemon --start' that runs the daemon in
foreground instead of forking to background. This enables management by
process supervisors like systemd, supervisord, or similar tools.
Usage: bd daemon --start --foreground
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* feat(daemon): add --local flag for git-free operation
Add --local mode to the daemon that allows it to run without a git
repository. This decouples the daemon's core functionality (auto-flush
to JSONL, auto-import from JSONL) from git synchronization.
Changes:
- Add --local flag to daemon command
- Skip git repo check when --local is set
- Add validation that --auto-commit and --auto-push cannot be used with --local
- Create local-only sync functions that skip git operations:
- createLocalSyncFunc: export-only for polling mode
- createLocalExportFunc: export without git commit/push
- createLocalAutoImportFunc: import without git pull
- Update startup message to indicate LOCAL mode
- Update event loop to use local functions when in local mode
This enables use cases like:
- Single-machine issue tracking without git
- Auto-flush to JSONL for backup purposes
- Running daemon in environments without git access
Multi-machine sync still requires git (as expected).
* fix(daemon): skip fingerprint validation in local mode
validateDatabaseFingerprint() calls beads.ComputeRepoID() which
executes git commands. This fails in non-git directories even
with --local flag.
Skip fingerprint validation entirely when running in local mode
since there's no git repository to validate against.
* test(daemon): add comprehensive test coverage for --local mode
Add tests for:
- Flag validation (--local incompatible with --auto-commit/--auto-push)
- Git check skip logic in local mode
- createLocalSyncFunc, createLocalExportFunc, createLocalAutoImportFunc
- Fingerprint validation skip in local mode
- Full integration test in non-git directory
- Export/import round-trip test
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Global daemon support has been deprecated for most of the project's
lifetime. This change removes the dead code entirely:
- Remove --global and --migrate-to-global daemon flags
- Remove runGlobalDaemon() and migrateToGlobalDaemon() functions
- Remove shouldUseGlobalDaemon() and getGlobalBeadsDir() functions
- Simplify functions that had global bool parameters
- Remove warning about old global socket in getSocketPath()
This reduces code complexity and removes 238 net lines of unused code.
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Currently 'bd daemon' with no args immediately starts the daemon. This is
inconsistent with other daemon management commands like --stop, --status,
etc. and makes the command less discoverable for new users.
Changes:
- Add --start flag to explicitly start daemon
- Show help text when no operation flags provided
- Update auto-start logic to use --start flag
- Update startDaemon() to pass --start when forking
- Update all documentation to use 'bd daemon --start'
- Update MCP Python client error messages
The MCP docs already incorrectly showed 'bd daemon start' which doesn't
work, so this change fixes that documentation bug while improving UX.
Auto-start still works correctly - it now passes --start internally.
Fixes bd-gfu
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- Add BD_RPC_DEBUG=1 for lightweight timing logs to stderr
- Log socket path, socket exists check, dial timing, health check timing
- Improve daemon status message when lock not held
- Helps field triage of connection issues without verbose daemon logs
- Fixes bd-j7e2
Improvements:
1. Added top-level panic recovery in runDaemonLoop
- Captures stack trace and logs to daemon.log
- Writes daemon-error file with crash details for user visibility
- Cleans up PID file on panic
2. Replaced os.Exit calls with return statements where possible
- Allows deferred cleanup to run (lock release, socket removal, etc)
- Improves graceful shutdown on errors
3. Enhanced stopDaemon forced-kill path
- Removes stale socket file after process.Kill()
- Prevents socket artifacts from accumulating
4. Added integration tests for crash recovery
Closes bd-vcg5
