helder/OVERNIGHT.md

# Overnight work log

Autonomous session continuing the Helder build while you slept. Everything kept
compiling (`npm run build`), type-checking (`npm run typecheck`) and — new this
session — passing tests (`npm run test`). Git left uncommitted for you to review.

## Plan
1. Packaging (electron-builder)
2. Automated test suite (vitest)
3. Lint + format (eslint + prettier)
4. Robustness + feature polish
5. Developer README

## Progress

### 1. Packaging — done
- Added `electron-builder.yml` (appId `com.blijnder.helder`, mac dmg+zip / win nsis / linux AppImage, unsigned local build).
- Scripts: `npm run pack` (`--dir`), `npm run dist`, `npm run dist:mac`.
- Made the bundled ripgrep path asar-safe (redirect to `app.asar.unpacked`).
- `asarUnpack` for `node-pty` + `@vscode/ripgrep` so the native `.node` and `rg` binary load at runtime.
- Verified: `npm run pack` produced `dist/mac-arm64/Helder.app` (245 MB) with `pty.node` + `rg` correctly unpacked. Unsigned (ad-hoc), default icon. `dist/` gitignored.

### 2. Automated tests — done (vitest)
- Added vitest + `vitest.config.ts`; scripts `npm run test` / `test:watch`. **38 tests, all green.**
- `test/diff.test.ts` — LCS diff: no-change, single change, new/deleted file, side marks, split alignment, trailing-newline.
- `test/fuzzy.test.ts` — subsequence matcher (extracted to `src/renderer/src/fuzzy.ts`).
- `test/highlight.test.ts` — ext/lang/label/icon/escape + Prism php highlighting (confirms markup-templating load order).
- `test/config.test.ts` — `.helder` defaults regen, sparse deep-merge, theme.css not overwritten.
- `test/fs.test.ts` — tree dirs-first + ignore dirs, content index skips binaries/node_modules, read/write round-trip.
- `test/git.test.ts` — `classify` unit + real temp-repo integration (modified/untracked/staged, HEAD-vs-worktree text).

### 3. Lint + format — done
- ESLint flat config (`eslint.config.js`): typescript-eslint recommended + react-hooks, prettier-disables, sensible ignores. `npm run lint` = **0 errors** (8 intentional exhaustive-deps warnings).
- Fixed real `no-unused-expressions` violations (short-circuit/ternary-as-statement).
- `.prettierrc.json` added (style: no-semi, single-quote, width 140). Not auto-applied to avoid churn.

### 4. Robustness + feature polish — done
- **Fixed a real `discard` bug**: `git checkout` can't remove a new/untracked file. `discard` now reverts modified→HEAD, restores deleted, and removes new/untracked (staged or not). Covered by new git tests.
- **Close-tab guard**: confirms before closing a tab with unsaved edits (× / middle-click / ⌘W), and clears its buffer on close. Reads fresh state via refs so the ⌘W path is correct too.
- **ErrorBoundary** around the whole app — a render fault shows a dark, recoverable panel (with the message + Reload) instead of a blank window.
- **`editor.tabSize` wired** into the editable buffer (textarea + highlighted pre) and the status bar — config now visibly does something.
- **Layout persistence**: the three column widths + the terminal split fraction persist across launches via localStorage (`persist.ts`), making the README's "positions persist across launches" claim true.

### 5. Developer docs + icon — done
- `README.md` updated from "greenfield" to the real working build: getting-started, scripts table, repository layout.
- App icon generated from Helder's spark mark → `build/icon.png` (1024²); electron-builder embeds `icon.icns` in the packaged app (verified).

### 6. Renderer component tests + CI — done
- Added jsdom + `@testing-library/react`; the terminals (xterm) are mocked so tests stay deterministic.
- `test/app.test.tsx` — workbench renders, open changed file → diff tab, edit → dirty tab, content search returns hits.
- `test/app-interactions.test.tsx` — **Pass-on-to-Agent** emits exactly `"<note> <path:line>"` via the `agentPaste` event; **stage → commit** toasts.
- `test/editor-modes.test.tsx` — Updated mode is editable / Original is read-only; Split opens the two-pane overlay and Esc collapses it.
- **49 tests total, all green.**
- `.github/workflows/ci.yml` — runs typecheck · lint · test · build on push/PR.

### 7. Finish to the DESIGN.md spec — done
Audited `DESIGN.md` section by section and closed every remaining behavioral gap:
- **Session restore** (`session.restoreOnLaunch`, §9) — open tabs, active tab, and per-tab view modes are restored per project (persisted in localStorage, keyed by root); splitter layout already persisted.
- **Close-dirty tab** (§5) — now a real **Save / Don't Save / Cancel** native dialog (was discard-or-cancel). `⌘S` save unchanged.
- **Unsaved indicator** (§5) — a **dot in place of the close control** (× returns on hover), matching the spec exactly (was a dot after the name).
- **New config keys, all wired**: `git.confirmStage` / `git.confirmUnstage` (default off, prompt when on), `git.defaultDiffMode` (drives the starting mode), `files.exclude` + `files.followGitignore`, `session.restoreOnLaunch`.
- **Unified file source**: `rg --files` is now the single source for the **Explorer tree + content index + search**, so **gitignore and `files.exclude` are honored consistently everywhere** (fs-walk fallback when ripgrep is absent). Dotfiles (`.env`, `.gitignore`) included via `--hidden`.
- **⌘P** aliases the unified search — no separate Go-to-File overlay, per the resolved decision (CLAUDE.md/README).
- Tests now **51** (added `buildTreeFromPaths`, gitignore-in-repo, updated dirty-tab class).

### 8. Live-run bugfix (found by running `npm run dev`)
- **Symptom:** the real Electron window showed mock "console" data and both terminals said "not available in browser preview" — i.e. `window.helder` was undefined in the actual app, so the renderer fell back to mock mode.
- **Cause:** electron-vite built the preload as `out/preload/index.mjs`, but `main/index.ts` loaded `../preload/index.js` (wrong extension) → Electron silently loaded no preload → no bridge.
- **Fix:** build the preload as **CommonJS `index.cjs`** (loads synchronously before the page, so `contextBridge` is exposed by the time React mounts) and point `main` at `../preload/index.cjs`. Verified the built `index.cjs` exposes `helder` and main references it. **Re-run `npm run dev` to confirm the live window now loads the real project + terminals.**

## Final state (all green)
- `npm run typecheck` ✓ · `npm run lint` ✓ (0 errors, 8 intentional warnings) · `npm test` ✓ (51) · `npm run build` ✓ · `npm run pack` ✓ (`Helder.app` with icon + unpacked native binaries)
- **DESIGN.md is now fully implemented** (the only intentional exception is the separate Go-to-File overlay, replaced by ⌘P→unified-search per the resolved decision).
- Everything left **uncommitted** for your review (laptop is read-only on git).
- The only thing not exercisable in this headless session remains the live Electron GUI — `npm run dev` to see it.